Pet image w/ct lmtd 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

$3,960.15

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.

$7,920.30

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.

$91.86 with Trillium vs $7,524.29 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
Trillium Managed Medicaid $91.86 ↓ -98%
Partners Managed Medicaid $91.86 ↓ -98%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $92.78 ↓ -98%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $92.78 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $92.78 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $92.78 ↓ -98%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $92.78 ↓ -98%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $92.78 ↓ -98%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $93.70 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $94.58 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage $96.47 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $97.89 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $98.16 ↓ -98%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $118.23 ↓ -97%
Alliance Behavioral Health $981.33 ↓ -75%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $2,098.88 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2,152.74 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,160.66 ↓ -45%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2,300.85 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,842.60 ↓ -28%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,875.07 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $3,183.96 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $3,223.56 ↓ -19%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $3,286.92 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $3,429.49 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $3,500.77 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,508.69 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $3,627.50 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $3,960.15 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,102.72 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $4,261.12 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $4,752.18 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $4,831.38 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $5,148.20 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $5,148.20 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $5,346.20 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $5,702.62 ↑ +44%
MedCost PPO $5,940.23 ↑ +50%
Healthgram Commercial $6,336.24 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $6,336.24 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $6,336.24 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $6,336.24 ↑ +60%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $6,494.65 ↑ +64%
ChoiceCare Commercial $6,494.65 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $6,732.26 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $7,128.27 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $7,524.29 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Pet image w/ct lmtd at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $3,960.15 $91.86 – $7,524.29
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $3,960.15 $92.78 – $6,969.86
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $3,960.15 $91.86 – $7,524.29
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $3,960.15 $91.86 – $7,524.29
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $3,960.15 $91.86 – $7,286.68
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $3,960.15 $91.86 – $7,286.68
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $3,960.15 $91.86 – $7,603.49
Atrium Health Union Monroe $3,960.15 $91.86 – $7,524.29

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