Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service 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

$148.15

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

$296.30

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.

$3.42 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina vs $276.31 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $3.42 ↓ -98%
Aetna Broad Network $4.83 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $9.27 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $9.41 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $9.54 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $9.57 ↓ -94%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $11.36 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $35.69 ↓ -76%
Alliance Behavioral Health $36.04 ↓ -76%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $36.36 ↓ -75%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $36.36 ↓ -75%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $36.36 ↓ -75%
Partners Managed Medicaid $36.65 ↓ -75%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $36.73 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $37.03 ↓ -75%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $37.08 ↓ -75%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $37.46 ↓ -75%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $77.08 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $79.05 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $79.34 ↓ -46%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $84.49 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $95.70 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $105.58 ↓ -29%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $118.38 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $120.70 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $125.94 ↓ -15%
Employers Health Network Commercial $128.56 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $128.85 ↓ -13%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $145.43 ↓ -2%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $150.66 ↑ +2%
MedCost Ultra $156.48 ↑ +6%
Magellan Behavioral Health $174.51 ↑ +18%
Aetna First Health Commercial $177.42 ↑ +20%
GMMI Commercial $189.05 ↑ +28%
Quik Trip Commercial $189.05 ↑ +28%
Cigna Commercial SAR $196.32 ↑ +33%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $209.41 ↑ +41%
MedCost PPO $218.14 ↑ +47%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $232.68 ↑ +57%
Cigna Behavioral Health $232.68 ↑ +57%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $232.68 ↑ +57%
Healthgram Commercial $232.68 ↑ +57%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $238.50 ↑ +61%
ChoiceCare Commercial $238.50 ↑ +61%
First Health Commercial $247.22 ↑ +67%
Beechstreet Commercial $261.77 ↑ +77%
Multiplan Commercial $276.31 ↑ +87%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Catheterization collection of specimen single patient all places of service at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $148.15 $3.42 – $276.31
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $148.15 $3.42 – $290.85
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $148.15 $3.42 – $276.31
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $148.15 $3.42 – $276.31
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $148.15 $3.42 – $267.58
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $148.15 $3.42 – $267.58
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $148.15 $3.42 – $279.22
Atrium Health Union Monroe $148.15 $3.42 – $276.31

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