Endoscopy swallow (fees) i&r at Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte
501 Billingsley Rd, Charlotte, NC · Atrium Health · · NPI 1053358945
$126.08
Cash price 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.
$252.15
Gross charge 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.
$34.01 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina vs $226.94 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina | Medicare Advantage | $34.01 | ↓ -73% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $34.69 | ↓ -72% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $35.20 | ↓ -72% |
| Cigna Healthspring | Medicare Advantage | $35.71 | ↓ -72% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina | Local Individual Commercial | $110.95 | ↓ -12% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina | Local Group Commercial | $110.95 | ↓ -12% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina | HMO-PPO Managed Care | $110.95 | ↓ -12% |
| Physician Reach Out | Plan P | $126.08 | ↑ +0% |
| MedCost | Commercial | $126.08 | ↑ +0% |
| GMMI | Commercial | $189.11 | ↑ +50% |
| Quik Trip | Commercial | $189.11 | ↑ +50% |
| Healthgram | Commercial | $192.14 | ↑ +52% |
| Aetna | Signature | $201.72 | ↑ +60% |
| Provider Select | Commercial | $204.24 | ↑ +62% |
| Lifesynch Community Choice Care | Behavioral Health | $206.76 | ↑ +64% |
| Humana | Behavioral Health | $206.76 | ↑ +64% |
| First Health | Commercial | $221.89 | ↑ +76% |
| Beechstreet | Commercial | $226.94 | ↑ +80% |
| Trillium | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Alliance | Behavioral Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Whole Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Partners | LME-MCO | not published by hospital | — |
| Physician Reach Out | Plan H | not published by hospital | — |
| Carolina Complete Health | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Healthy Blue | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Amerihealth Caritas | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Carolina Behavioral Health | Employee Plan | not published by hospital | — |
| Carolina Behavioral Health | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Sandhills | LME-MCO | not published by hospital | — |
| United Healthcare | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| United | Behavioral Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Broughton Cardinal Partners | Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
| Wellcare | Managed Medicaid | not published by hospital | — |
| Cigna | Behavioral Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Preferred | not published by hospital | — |
| Magellan | Behavioral Health | not published by hospital | — |
| Aetna | Broad Network | not published by hospital | — |
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Endoscopy swallow (fees) i&r at other North-carolina hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Atrium Health Mercy | Charlotte | $126.08 | $34.01 – $226.94 |
| Atrium Health Pineville | Charlotte | $126.08 | $34.01 – $226.94 |
| Atrium Health University City | Charlotte | $126.08 | $34.01 – $226.94 |
| Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center | Charlotte | $126.08 | $34.01 – $226.94 |
| Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte | Charlotte | $126.08 | $34.01 – $226.94 |
| Atrium Health Anson | Wadesboro | $126.08 | $34.01 – $231.98 |
| Atrium Health Cabarrus | Concord | $126.08 | $34.01 – $226.94 |
| Atrium Health Cleveland | Shelby | $126.08 | $34.01 – $231.98 |