Biopsy needle lymph node superficial 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

$1,020.90

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

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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$2,041.80

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.

$57.74 with Partners vs $1,939.71 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
Partners Managed Medicaid $57.74 ↓ -94%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $57.74 ↓ -94%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $58.32 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $58.32 ↓ -94%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $58.32 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $58.32 ↓ -94%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $58.32 ↓ -94%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $58.32 ↓ -94%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $58.89 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $78.83 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare Advantage $80.41 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $81.59 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $81.81 ↓ -92%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $98.54 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $224.07 ↓ -78%
Alliance Behavioral Health $252.98 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $354.05 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $486.15 ↓ -52%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $541.08 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $593.14 ↓ -42%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $741.17 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $820.80 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $831.01 ↓ -19%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $847.35 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $884.10 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $902.48 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $904.52 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $935.14 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,020.90 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,057.65 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $1,098.49 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,225.08 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,245.50 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,327.17 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $1,327.17 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,378.22 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $1,470.10 ↑ +44%
MedCost PPO $1,531.35 ↑ +50%
Healthgram Commercial $1,633.44 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,633.44 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $1,633.44 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $1,633.44 ↑ +60%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $1,674.28 ↑ +64%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,674.28 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $1,735.53 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,837.62 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,939.71 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Biopsy needle lymph node superficial at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,020.90 $57.74 – $1,939.71
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,020.90 $58.32 – $1,796.78
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,020.90 $57.74 – $1,939.71
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $1,020.90 $57.74 – $1,939.71
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,020.90 $57.74 – $1,878.46
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,020.90 $57.74 – $1,878.46
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $1,020.90 $57.74 – $1,960.13
Atrium Health Union Monroe $1,020.90 $57.74 – $1,939.71

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