Blood, l/r, irradiated 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

$511.55

Cash price

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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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$1,023.10

Gross charge

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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.

$85.85 with Humana vs $971.95 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $85.85 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $87.12 ↓ -83%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $88.38 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $88.64 ↓ -83%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $105.21 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $125.53 ↓ -75%
Alliance Behavioral Health $126.76 ↓ -75%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $127.89 ↓ -75%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $127.89 ↓ -75%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $127.89 ↓ -75%
Partners Managed Medicaid $128.91 ↓ -75%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $129.22 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $130.24 ↓ -75%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $130.45 ↓ -74%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $131.78 ↓ -74%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $271.12 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $278.08 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $279.10 ↓ -45%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $297.21 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $367.19 ↓ -28%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $371.39 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $411.29 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $416.40 ↓ -19%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $424.59 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $443.00 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $452.21 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $453.23 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $468.58 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $511.55 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $529.97 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $550.43 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $613.86 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $624.09 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $665.02 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $665.02 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $690.59 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $736.63 ↑ +44%
MedCost PPO $767.33 ↑ +50%
Healthgram Commercial $818.48 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $818.48 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $818.48 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $818.48 ↑ +60%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $838.94 ↑ +64%
ChoiceCare Commercial $838.94 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $869.64 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $920.79 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $971.95 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Blood, l/r, irradiated at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $511.55 $85.85 – $971.95
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $511.55 $194.39 – $1,023.10
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $511.55 $85.85 – $971.95
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $511.55 $85.85 – $971.95
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $511.55 $85.42 – $941.25
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $511.55 $85.85 – $941.25
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $511.55 $85.85 – $982.18
Atrium Health Union Monroe $511.55 $85.85 – $971.95

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