X-ray elbow 2 views (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

$203.98

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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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$407.95

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.

$6.13 with Partners vs $387.55 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 $6.13 ↓ -97%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $6.13 ↓ -97%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $6.19 ↓ -97%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $6.19 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $6.19 ↓ -97%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $6.19 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $6.19 ↓ -97%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $6.19 ↓ -97%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $6.25 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $7.49 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $7.64 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $7.75 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $7.77 ↓ -96%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $9.36 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $37.83 ↓ -81%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $39.53 ↓ -81%
ChoiceCare Commercial $39.97 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $39.97 ↓ -80%
Aetna Broad Network $43.61 ↓ -79%
MedCost Ultra $45.49 ↓ -78%
MedCost PPO $45.49 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $49.77 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $50.05 ↓ -75%
Alliance Behavioral Health $50.55 ↓ -75%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $108.11 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $118.51 ↓ -42%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $148.09 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $164.00 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $169.30 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $176.64 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $180.31 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $203.98 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $211.32 ↑ +4%
Magellan Behavioral Health $244.77 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $248.85 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $265.17 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $265.17 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $275.37 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $293.72 ↑ +44%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $326.36 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $326.36 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $326.36 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $326.36 ↑ +60%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $334.52 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $346.76 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $367.16 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $387.55 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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X-ray elbow 2 views (both sides) at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $203.98 $6.13 – $387.55
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $203.98 $6.19 – $359.00
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $203.98 $6.13 – $387.55
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $203.98 $6.13 – $387.55
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $203.98 $6.13 – $375.31
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $203.98 $6.13 – $375.31
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $203.98 $6.13 – $391.63
Atrium Health Union Monroe $203.98 $6.13 – $387.55

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