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Drain finger abscess;simple 26010 at Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte

501 Billingsley Rd, Charlotte, NC · Atrium Health · · NPI 1053358945

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 4, 2025 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$314.38

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.

$628.75

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.

$94.93 with Carolina Complete Health vs $553.30 with Beechstreet — 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
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $94.93 ↓ -70%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $94.93 ↓ -70%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $94.93 ↓ -70%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $94.93 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $94.93 ↓ -70%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $94.93 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $117.58 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare Advantage $119.46 ↓ -62%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $119.46 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Medicare Advantage $119.46 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $119.46 ↓ -62%
Partners LME-MCO $138.33 ↓ -56%
Sandhills LME-MCO $138.70 ↓ -56%
MedCost Commercial $194.91 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $251.81 ↓ -20%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $254.02 ↓ -19%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $314.38 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $334.24 ↑ +6%
Magellan Behavioral Health $377.25 ↑ +20%
Aetna Broad Network $401.14 ↑ +28%
Aetna Preferred $401.14 ↑ +28%
Aetna Whole Health $401.14 ↑ +28%
Quik Trip Commercial $408.69 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $408.69 ↑ +30%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $452.70 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $503.00 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $503.00 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $503.00 ↑ +60%
Humana Behavioral Health $515.58 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $515.58 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $547.01 ↑ +74%
First Health Commercial $553.30 ↑ +76%
Beechstreet Commercial $553.30 ↑ +76%
Aetna Signature not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
United Behavioral Health not published by hospital

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Drain finger abscess;simple 26010 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $314.38 $75.38 – $578.45
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $314.38 $62.88 – $578.45
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $314.38 $93.99 – $597.31
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $314.38 $77.15 – $597.31
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $314.38 $88.03 – $597.31
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $314.38 $70.92 – $597.31
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $314.38 $75.45 – $603.60
Atrium Health Union Monroe $314.38 $81.74 – $597.31

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