Lev 5 hosp type b ed visit 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

$1,542.68

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.

$3,085.35

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.

$378.57 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $2,931.08 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 $378.57 ↓ -75%
Alliance Behavioral Health $382.27 ↓ -75%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $385.67 ↓ -75%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $385.67 ↓ -75%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $385.67 ↓ -75%
Partners Managed Medicaid $388.75 ↓ -75%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $389.68 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare Advantage $391.82 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $392.77 ↓ -75%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $393.38 ↓ -75%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $397.39 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $397.58 ↓ -74%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $403.35 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $404.54 ↓ -74%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $480.17 ↓ -69%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $817.62 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $896.29 ↓ -42%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,119.98 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,211.00 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,240.31 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1,255.74 ↓ -19%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,280.42 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,335.96 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,363.72 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,366.81 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $1,413.09 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,542.68 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,593.27 ↑ +3%
MedCost Ultra $1,659.92 ↑ +8%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,743.22 ↑ +13%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,851.21 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,882.06 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $2,005.48 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,005.48 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $2,082.61 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $2,221.45 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2,224.54 ↑ +44%
MedCost PPO $2,314.01 ↑ +50%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,468.28 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $2,468.28 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $2,468.28 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $2,468.28 ↑ +60%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $2,529.99 ↑ +64%
ChoiceCare Commercial $2,529.99 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $2,622.55 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $2,776.82 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $2,931.08 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Lev 5 hosp type b ed visit at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,542.68 $391.82 – $2,931.08
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,542.68 $576.96 – $3,085.35
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,542.68 $386.85 – $2,931.08
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $1,542.68 $348.03 – $2,931.08
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,542.68 $75.38 – $2,838.52
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,542.68 $308.54 – $2,838.52
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $1,542.68 $370.24 – $2,961.94
Atrium Health Union Monroe $1,542.68 $391.82 – $2,931.08

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