Cytopath tbs c/v manual 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

$73.93

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.

$147.85

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.

$13.03 with Trillium vs $140.46 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 $13.03 ↓ -82%
Partners Managed Medicaid $13.03 ↓ -82%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $13.16 ↓ -82%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $13.16 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $13.16 ↓ -82%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $13.16 ↓ -82%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $13.16 ↓ -82%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $13.16 ↓ -82%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $13.29 ↓ -82%
Alliance Behavioral Health $18.32 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare Advantage $18.55 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $18.83 ↓ -75%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $19.10 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $19.16 ↓ -74%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $22.74 ↓ -69%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $39.18 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $40.19 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $40.33 ↓ -45%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $42.95 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $53.06 ↓ -28%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $53.67 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $59.44 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $60.17 ↓ -19%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $61.36 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $64.02 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $65.35 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $65.50 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $67.72 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $73.93 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $76.59 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $79.54 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $88.71 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $90.19 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $96.10 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $96.10 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $99.80 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $106.45 ↑ +44%
MedCost PPO $110.89 ↑ +50%
Healthgram Commercial $118.28 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $118.28 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $118.28 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $118.28 ↑ +60%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $121.24 ↑ +64%
ChoiceCare Commercial $121.24 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $125.67 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $133.07 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $140.46 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Cytopath tbs c/v manual at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $73.93 $13.03 – $140.46
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Atrium Health Union Monroe $73.93 $13.03 – $140.46

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