Ibuprofen injection 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

$80.23

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.

$160.45

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.

$30.29 with Cigna Healthspring vs $159.40 with Carolina Complete 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $30.29 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare Advantage $30.29 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $30.29 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Medicare Advantage $30.29 ↓ -62%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $34.77 ↓ -57%
Partners LME-MCO $35.07 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $35.10 ↓ -56%
Sandhills LME-MCO $35.16 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $35.42 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $35.42 ↓ -56%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $37.24 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $44.93 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $44.93 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $44.93 ↓ -44%
MedCost Commercial $49.41 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $52.01 ↓ -35%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $79.70 ↓ -1%
Magellan Behavioral Health $95.64 ↑ +19%
Quik Trip Commercial $103.61 ↑ +29%
GMMI Commercial $103.61 ↑ +29%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $114.77 ↑ +43%
Cigna Behavioral Health $127.52 ↑ +59%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $127.52 ↑ +59%
Healthgram Commercial $127.52 ↑ +59%
Humana Behavioral Health $130.71 ↑ +63%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $130.71 ↑ +63%
Provider Select Commercial $138.68 ↑ +73%
First Health Commercial $140.27 ↑ +75%
Beechstreet Commercial $140.27 ↑ +75%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $159.40 ↑ +99%
Aetna Broad Network not published by hospital —
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —
Aetna Whole Health not published by hospital —
United Behavioral Health not published by hospital —
Aetna Signature not published by hospital —
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —
Aetna Preferred not published by hospital —

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Ibuprofen injection at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $80.23 $34.77 – $146.65
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $80.23 $15.94 – $146.65
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $80.23 $15.94 – $146.65
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $80.23 $34.77 – $143.46
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Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $80.23 $23.85 – $151.43
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $80.23 $19.56 – $151.43
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $80.23 $22.32 – $151.43

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