Removal cerumen impacted (both sides) 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

$185.98

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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.

$371.95

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.

$24.73 with Partners vs $353.35 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
Partners Managed Medicaid $24.73 ↓ -87%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $24.73 ↓ -87%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $24.98 ↓ -87%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $24.98 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $24.98 ↓ -87%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $24.98 ↓ -87%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $24.98 ↓ -87%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $24.98 ↓ -87%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $25.22 ↓ -86%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $29.62 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare Advantage $30.21 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $30.66 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $30.74 ↓ -83%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $37.03 ↓ -80%
Alliance Behavioral Health $46.08 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $64.50 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $73.23 ↓ -61%
ChoiceCare Commercial $77.38 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $82.39 ↓ -56%
MedCost PPO $83.42 ↓ -55%
MedCost Ultra $83.42 ↓ -55%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $90.33 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $96.36 ↓ -48%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $98.57 ↓ -47%
Aetna Broad Network $99.66 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $107.18 ↓ -42%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $108.05 ↓ -42%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $135.02 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $154.36 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $161.05 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $164.40 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $185.98 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $192.67 ↑ +4%
Magellan Behavioral Health $223.17 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $226.89 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $241.77 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $241.77 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $251.07 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $267.80 ↑ +44%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $297.56 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $297.56 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $297.56 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $297.56 ↑ +60%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $305.00 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $316.16 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $334.76 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $353.35 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Removal cerumen impacted (both sides) at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $185.98 $24.73 – $353.35
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $185.98 $24.98 – $327.32
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $185.98 $24.73 – $353.35
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $185.98 $24.73 – $353.35
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $185.98 $24.73 – $342.19
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $185.98 $24.73 – $342.19
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $185.98 $24.73 – $357.07
Atrium Health Union Monroe $185.98 $24.73 – $353.35

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