Decompression of leg 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

$6,100.33

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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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$12,200.65

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.

$401.11 with Trillium vs $11,590.62 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 $401.11 ↓ -93%
Partners Managed Medicaid $401.11 ↓ -93%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $405.12 ↓ -93%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $405.12 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $405.12 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $405.12 ↓ -93%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $405.12 ↓ -93%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $405.12 ↓ -93%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $409.13 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $500.10 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare Advantage $510.10 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $517.60 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $519.03 ↓ -91%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $625.13 ↓ -90%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,511.66 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2,115.59 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,904.97 ↓ -52%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $3,233.17 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $3,544.29 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,822.46 ↓ -37%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $4,428.84 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $4,904.66 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $4,965.66 ↓ -19%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $5,063.27 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $5,282.88 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $5,392.69 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $5,404.89 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $5,587.90 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $6,100.33 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $6,319.94 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $6,563.95 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $7,320.39 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $7,442.40 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $7,930.42 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $7,930.42 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $8,235.44 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $8,784.47 ↑ +44%
MedCost PPO $9,150.49 ↑ +50%
Healthgram Commercial $9,760.52 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $9,760.52 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $9,760.52 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $9,760.52 ↑ +60%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $10,004.53 ↑ +64%
ChoiceCare Commercial $10,004.53 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $10,370.55 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $10,980.59 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $11,590.62 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Decompression of leg at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $6,100.33 $401.11 – $11,590.62
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $6,100.33 $405.12 – $10,736.57
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $6,100.33 $401.11 – $11,590.62
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $6,100.33 $401.11 – $11,590.62
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $6,100.33 $401.11 – $11,224.60
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $6,100.33 $401.11 – $11,224.60
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $6,100.33 $401.11 – $11,712.62
Atrium Health Union Monroe $6,100.33 $401.11 – $11,590.62

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