MRI without fol w/cont, brst, un 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

$1,793.53

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.

$3,587.05

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 $3,407.70 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 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $351.55 ↓ -80%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $356.65 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $357.70 ↓ -80%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $424.58 ↓ -76%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $440.13 ↓ -75%
Alliance Behavioral Health $444.44 ↓ -75%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $448.38 ↓ -75%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $448.38 ↓ -75%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $448.38 ↓ -75%
Partners Managed Medicaid $451.97 ↓ -75%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $453.04 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $456.63 ↓ -75%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $457.35 ↓ -75%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $462.01 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $780.18 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $830.40 ↓ -54%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $906.00 ↓ -49%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $950.57 ↓ -47%
Aetna Broad Network $1,020.00 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,026.61 ↓ -43%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,042.04 ↓ -42%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,302.10 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,441.99 ↓ -20%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,446.30 ↓ -19%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,488.63 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,553.19 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,585.48 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,589.06 ↓ -11%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,793.53 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $1,929.83 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $2,152.23 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,188.10 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,331.58 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $2,331.58 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $2,421.26 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $2,582.68 ↑ +44%
MedCost PPO $2,690.29 ↑ +50%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $2,869.64 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,869.64 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $2,869.64 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $2,869.64 ↑ +60%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $2,941.38 ↑ +64%
ChoiceCare Commercial $2,941.38 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $3,048.99 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $3,228.35 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $3,407.70 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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MRI without fol w/cont, brst, un at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,793.53 $346.46 – $3,407.70
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,793.53 $681.54 – $3,587.05
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,793.53 $342.07 – $3,407.70
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $1,793.53 $341.74 – $3,407.70
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,793.53 $346.46 – $3,300.09
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,793.53 $346.46 – $3,300.09
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $1,793.53 $346.46 – $3,443.57
Atrium Health Union Monroe $1,793.53 $346.46 – $3,407.70

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