Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance at Atrium Health Cabarrus

920 Church St N, Concord, NC · Atrium Health · · NPI 1487866315

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 1, 2025 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$451.48

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

Example: A CT scan has a $3,200 gross charge but an $850 discounted cash price. Ask for it by name when scheduling — hospitals don't always advertise it up front.

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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$902.95

Gross charge

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Gross charge (chargemaster price)

The hospital's full, undiscounted list price — pulled from its internal "chargemaster" price list. Almost no one actually pays this.

Example: A chest X-ray has a gross charge of $1,450. The same hospital's discounted cash price for the same X-ray is $180 — the gross charge mostly anchors negotiations, not what patients pay.

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The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$30.45 with Trillium vs $857.80 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
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Negotiated rate

The price a specific insurance plan agreed to pay the hospital for a service — it varies by insurer, and even by plan within the same insurer.

Example: The same knee MRI has a negotiated rate of $904 with one insurer's PPO plan and $1,509 with another's — identical hospital, identical scan.

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Payer
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Payer

The insurance company footing the bill — Aetna, UnitedHealthcare, Medicare, and so on.

Example: "Blue Cross Blue Shield" is the payer. Its negotiated rate for an MRI might be $904, while a different payer's negotiated rate for the same scan is $1,509.

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Plan
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Plan

The specific product an insurer sells — e.g. "Blue Cross PPO 500" — which sets your deductible, coinsurance and negotiated rates.

Example: Two people both insured by Aetna can owe very different amounts for the same MRI: $50 with an HMO plan's flat copay, or the full $1,200 toward a high-deductible PPO plan's unmet deductible.

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Negotiated rate vs. cash
Trillium Managed Medicaid $30.45 ↓ -93%
Partners Managed Medicaid $30.45 ↓ -93%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $30.75 ↓ -93%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $30.75 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $30.75 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $30.75 ↓ -93%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $30.75 ↓ -93%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $30.75 ↓ -93%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $31.06 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $32.95 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Advantage $33.61 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $34.10 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $34.20 ↓ -92%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $41.19 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $90.58 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $95.72 ↓ -79%
ChoiceCare Commercial $95.72 ↓ -79%
Aetna Broad Network $111.72 ↓ -75%
Alliance Behavioral Health $111.88 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $115.25 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $119.19 ↓ -74%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $239.28 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $262.31 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $291.65 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $327.77 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $367.50 ↓ -19%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $374.72 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $390.98 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $399.10 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $451.48 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $467.73 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $485.79 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $541.77 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $550.80 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $586.92 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $586.92 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $609.49 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $650.12 ↑ +44%
MedCost PPO $677.21 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $722.36 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $722.36 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $722.36 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $722.36 ↑ +60%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $740.42 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $767.51 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $812.66 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $857.80 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Arthrocentesis/aspiration/injection small joint/bursa without ultrasound guidance at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $451.48 $30.45 – $857.80
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Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $451.48 $30.45 – $857.80
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $451.48 $30.45 – $857.80
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $451.48 $30.45 – $830.71
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $451.48 $30.45 – $830.71
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $451.48 $30.45 – $866.83
Atrium Health Union Monroe $451.48 $30.45 – $857.80

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