X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images single contrast study 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

$497.93

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$995.85

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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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$28.71 with Trillium vs $946.06 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

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 $28.71 ↓ -94%
Partners Managed Medicaid $28.71 ↓ -94%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $29.00 ↓ -94%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $29.00 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $29.00 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $29.00 ↓ -94%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $29.00 ↓ -94%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $29.00 ↓ -94%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $29.28 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $35.72 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Advantage $36.43 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $36.97 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $37.07 ↓ -93%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $44.65 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $87.56 ↓ -82%
Alliance Behavioral Health $123.39 ↓ -75%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $263.90 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $270.67 ↓ -46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $271.67 ↓ -45%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $289.29 ↓ -42%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $361.49 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $400.33 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $405.31 ↓ -19%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $413.28 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $431.20 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $440.17 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $441.16 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $456.10 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $497.93 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $515.85 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $535.77 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $597.51 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $607.47 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $647.30 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $647.30 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $672.20 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $717.01 ↑ +44%
MedCost PPO $746.89 ↑ +50%
Healthgram Commercial $796.68 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $796.68 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $796.68 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $796.68 ↑ +60%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $816.60 ↑ +64%
ChoiceCare Commercial $816.60 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $846.47 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $896.27 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $946.06 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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X-ray upper gastrointestinal tract scout abdominal radiographs delayed images single contrast study at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $497.93 $28.71 – $946.06
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $497.93 $29.00 – $876.35
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $497.93 $28.71 – $946.06
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $497.93 $28.71 – $946.06
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $497.93 $28.71 – $916.18
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $497.93 $28.71 – $916.18
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $497.93 $28.71 – $956.02
Atrium Health Union Monroe $497.93 $28.71 – $946.06

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