Kidney function study 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

$545.55

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.

$1,091.10

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.

$15.51 with Trillium vs $1,036.55 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 $15.51 ↓ -97%
Partners Managed Medicaid $15.51 ↓ -97%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $15.67 ↓ -97%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $15.67 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $15.67 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $15.67 ↓ -97%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $15.67 ↓ -97%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $15.67 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $15.80 ↓ -97%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $15.82 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $16.12 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $16.35 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $16.40 ↓ -97%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $19.75 ↓ -96%
Alliance Behavioral Health $135.19 ↓ -75%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $289.14 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $296.56 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $297.65 ↓ -45%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $316.96 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $391.60 ↓ -28%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $396.07 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $438.62 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $444.08 ↓ -19%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $452.81 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $472.45 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $482.27 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $483.36 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $499.72 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $545.55 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $565.19 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $587.01 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $654.66 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $665.57 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $709.22 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $709.22 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $736.49 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $785.59 ↑ +44%
MedCost PPO $818.33 ↑ +50%
Healthgram Commercial $872.88 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $872.88 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $872.88 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $872.88 ↑ +60%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $894.70 ↑ +64%
ChoiceCare Commercial $894.70 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $927.44 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $981.99 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,036.55 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Kidney function study at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $545.55 $15.51 – $1,036.55
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $545.55 $15.67 – $960.17
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $545.55 $15.51 – $1,036.55
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $545.55 $15.51 – $1,036.55
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $545.55 $15.51 – $1,003.81
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $545.55 $15.51 – $1,003.81
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $545.55 $15.51 – $1,047.46
Atrium Health Union Monroe $545.55 $15.51 – $1,036.55

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