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Drain finger abscess;simple 26010 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

$314.38

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$628.75

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.

$77.15 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $597.31 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
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $77.15 ↓ -75%
Alliance Behavioral Health $77.90 ↓ -75%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $78.59 ↓ -75%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $78.59 ↓ -75%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $78.59 ↓ -75%
Partners Managed Medicaid $79.22 ↓ -75%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $79.41 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $80.04 ↓ -75%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $80.17 ↓ -74%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $80.98 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $109.03 ↓ -65%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $130.54 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare Advantage $133.15 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $135.11 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $135.48 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $149.71 ↓ -52%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $163.18 ↓ -48%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $166.62 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $182.65 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $196.99 ↓ -37%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $203.09 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $228.24 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $255.90 ↓ -19%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $260.93 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $272.25 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $277.91 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $278.54 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $287.97 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $314.38 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $325.69 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $338.27 ↑ +8%
MedCost PPO $341.66 ↑ +9%
Magellan Behavioral Health $377.25 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $383.54 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $408.69 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $408.69 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $424.41 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $452.70 ↑ +44%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $503.00 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $503.00 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $503.00 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $503.00 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $515.58 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $515.58 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $534.44 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $565.88 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $597.31 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Drain finger abscess;simple 26010 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $314.38 $93.99 – $597.31
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $314.38 $94.93 – $553.30
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $314.38 $88.03 – $597.31
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $314.38 $70.92 – $597.31
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $314.38 $75.38 – $578.45
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $314.38 $62.88 – $578.45
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $314.38 $75.45 – $603.60
Atrium Health Union Monroe $314.38 $81.74 – $597.31

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