Drainage lymph node lesion 38300 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

$2,986.75

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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$5,973.50

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.

$131.38 with Partners vs $5,674.83 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
Partners Managed Medicaid $131.38 ↓ -96%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $131.38 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $132.69 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $132.69 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $132.69 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $132.69 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $132.69 ↓ -96%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $132.69 ↓ -96%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $134.01 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $192.88 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage $196.74 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $199.63 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $200.18 ↓ -93%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $241.10 ↓ -92%
Alliance Behavioral Health $740.12 ↓ -75%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,582.98 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,735.30 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,929.44 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,168.38 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,344.60 ↓ -21%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $2,431.21 ↓ -19%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,479.00 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,586.53 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,640.29 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,646.26 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $2,735.86 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,986.75 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,084.72 ↑ +3%
MedCost Ultra $3,213.74 ↑ +8%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,375.03 ↑ +13%
Magellan Behavioral Health $3,584.10 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,643.84 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $3,882.78 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,882.78 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $4,032.11 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $4,300.92 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $4,306.89 ↑ +44%
MedCost PPO $4,480.13 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $4,778.80 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $4,778.80 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $4,778.80 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $4,778.80 ↑ +60%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $4,898.27 ↑ +64%
ChoiceCare Commercial $4,898.27 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $5,077.48 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $5,376.15 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $5,674.83 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Drainage lymph node lesion 38300 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,986.75 $131.38 – $5,674.83
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,986.75 $132.69 – $5,256.68
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,986.75 $131.38 – $5,674.83
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $2,986.75 $131.38 – $5,674.83
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,986.75 $75.38 – $5,495.62
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,986.75 $131.38 – $5,495.62
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $2,986.75 $131.38 – $5,734.56
Atrium Health Union Monroe $2,986.75 $131.38 – $5,674.83

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