MRA w/cont, lwr ext 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

$2,083.10

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.

$4,166.20

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.

$346.46 with Humana vs $3,957.89 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $346.46 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $351.55 ↓ -83%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $356.65 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $357.70 ↓ -83%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $424.58 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $511.19 ↓ -75%
Alliance Behavioral Health $516.19 ↓ -75%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $520.78 ↓ -75%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $520.78 ↓ -75%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $520.78 ↓ -75%
Partners Managed Medicaid $524.94 ↓ -75%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $526.19 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $530.36 ↓ -75%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $531.19 ↓ -75%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $536.61 ↓ -74%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $906.00 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $906.15 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $964.48 ↓ -54%
Aetna Broad Network $1,020.00 ↓ -51%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,104.04 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,192.37 ↓ -43%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,210.28 ↓ -42%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,446.30 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,512.33 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,674.81 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,728.97 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,803.96 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,841.46 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,845.63 ↓ -11%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,083.10 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $2,241.42 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $2,499.72 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,541.38 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,708.03 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $2,708.03 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $2,812.19 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $2,999.66 ↑ +44%
MedCost PPO $3,124.65 ↑ +50%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $3,332.96 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $3,332.96 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $3,332.96 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $3,332.96 ↑ +60%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $3,416.28 ↑ +64%
ChoiceCare Commercial $3,416.28 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $3,541.27 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $3,749.58 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $3,957.89 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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MRA w/cont, lwr ext at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,083.10 $346.46 – $3,957.89
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,083.10 $791.58 – $4,166.20
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,083.10 $342.07 – $3,957.89
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $2,083.10 $341.74 – $3,957.89
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,083.10 $346.46 – $3,832.90
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,083.10 $346.46 – $3,832.90
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $2,083.10 $346.46 – $3,999.55
Atrium Health Union Monroe $2,083.10 $346.46 – $3,957.89

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