Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited 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

$609.43

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.

$1,218.85

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.

$22.97 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina vs $1,072.59 with First Health — 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Medicare Advantage $22.97 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $23.43 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $23.77 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $23.93 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $23.93 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $23.93 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $23.93 ↓ -96%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $23.93 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $23.93 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $24.12 ↓ -96%
MedCost Commercial $65.89 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $68.37 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $68.37 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $68.37 ↓ -89%
Sandhills LME-MCO $86.61 ↓ -86%
Partners LME-MCO $86.61 ↓ -86%
Aetna Whole Health $203.64 ↓ -67%
Aetna Broad Network $266.22 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $268.39 ↓ -56%
Aetna Preferred $283.85 ↓ -53%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $609.43 ↑ +0%
Magellan Behavioral Health $731.31 ↑ +20%
GMMI Commercial $792.25 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $792.25 ↑ +30%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $877.57 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $975.08 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $975.08 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $975.08 ↑ +60%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $999.46 ↑ +64%
Humana Behavioral Health $999.46 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $1,060.40 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,072.59 ↑ +76%
First Health Commercial $1,072.59 ↑ +76%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Aetna Signature not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
United Behavioral Health not published by hospital

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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $609.43 $22.97 – $1,121.34
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $609.43 $22.97 – $1,121.34
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $609.43 $22.97 – $1,121.34
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $609.43 $22.97 – $1,096.97
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $609.43 $22.97 – $1,121.34
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $609.43 $22.97 – $1,157.91
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $609.43 $22.97 – $1,157.91
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $609.43 $22.97 – $1,157.91

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