Microdissection manual 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

$240.15

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.

$480.30

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.

$21.55 with Cigna Healthspring vs $456.29 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $21.55 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare Advantage $21.98 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $22.30 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $22.37 ↓ -91%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $26.94 ↓ -89%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $58.93 ↓ -75%
Alliance Behavioral Health $59.51 ↓ -75%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $60.04 ↓ -75%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $60.04 ↓ -75%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $60.04 ↓ -75%
Partners Managed Medicaid $60.52 ↓ -75%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $60.66 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $61.14 ↓ -75%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $61.24 ↓ -74%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $61.86 ↓ -74%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $127.28 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $130.55 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $131.03 ↓ -45%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $139.53 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $172.38 ↓ -28%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $174.35 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $193.08 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $195.48 ↓ -19%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $199.32 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $207.97 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $212.29 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $212.77 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $219.98 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $240.15 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $248.80 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $258.40 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $288.18 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $292.98 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $312.20 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $312.20 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $324.20 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $345.82 ↑ +44%
MedCost PPO $360.23 ↑ +50%
Healthgram Commercial $384.24 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $384.24 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $384.24 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $384.24 ↑ +60%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $393.85 ↑ +64%
ChoiceCare Commercial $393.85 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $408.26 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $432.27 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $456.29 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Microdissection manual at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $240.15 $21.55 – $456.29
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $240.15 $21.55 – $480.30
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Atrium Health Union Monroe $240.15 $21.55 – $456.29

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