Reticulated platelet assay 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

$89.35

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.

$178.70

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.

$21.93 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $169.77 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
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $21.93 ↓ -75%
Alliance Behavioral Health $22.14 ↓ -75%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $22.34 ↓ -75%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $22.34 ↓ -75%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $22.34 ↓ -75%
Partners Managed Medicaid $22.52 ↓ -75%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $22.57 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $22.75 ↓ -75%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $22.78 ↓ -75%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $23.02 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage $36.45 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $36.99 ↓ -59%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $37.53 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $37.64 ↓ -58%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $44.68 ↓ -50%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $47.36 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $48.57 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $48.75 ↓ -45%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $51.91 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $64.14 ↓ -28%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $64.87 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $71.84 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $72.73 ↓ -19%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $74.16 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $77.38 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $78.99 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $79.16 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $81.84 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $89.35 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $92.57 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $96.14 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $107.22 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $109.01 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $116.16 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $116.16 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $120.62 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $128.66 ↑ +44%
MedCost PPO $134.03 ↑ +50%
Healthgram Commercial $142.96 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $142.96 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $142.96 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $142.96 ↑ +60%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $146.53 ↑ +64%
ChoiceCare Commercial $146.53 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $151.90 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $160.83 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $169.77 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $89.35 $26.73 – $169.77
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $89.35 $33.35 – $157.26
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $89.35 $25.02 – $169.77
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $89.35 $20.16 – $169.77
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $89.35 $33.02 – $164.40
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $89.35 $17.87 – $164.40
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $89.35 $21.44 – $171.55
Atrium Health Union Monroe $89.35 $23.23 – $169.77

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