Inj, bupivacaine liposome 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

$894.40

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.

$1,788.80

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.

$201.82 with Cigna Healthspring vs $1,062.20 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 $201.82 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage $201.82 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $201.82 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Medicare Advantage $201.82 ↓ -77%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $231.67 ↓ -74%
Partners LME-MCO $233.68 ↓ -74%
Alliance Behavioral Health $233.90 ↓ -74%
Sandhills LME-MCO $234.32 ↓ -74%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $236.02 ↓ -74%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $236.02 ↓ -74%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $248.13 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $299.43 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $299.43 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $299.43 ↓ -67%
MedCost Commercial $329.28 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $346.60 ↓ -61%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $531.10 ↓ -41%
Magellan Behavioral Health $637.32 ↓ -29%
Quik Trip Commercial $690.43 ↓ -23%
GMMI Commercial $690.43 ↓ -23%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $764.78 ↓ -14%
Cigna Behavioral Health $849.76 ↓ -5%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $849.76 ↓ -5%
Healthgram Commercial $849.76 ↓ -5%
Humana Behavioral Health $871.00 ↓ -3%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $871.00 ↓ -3%
Provider Select Commercial $924.11 ↑ +3%
First Health Commercial $934.74 ↑ +5%
Beechstreet Commercial $934.74 ↑ +5%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $1,062.20 ↑ +19%
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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Inj, bupivacaine liposome at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $894.40 $1.43 – $977.22
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $894.40 $1.43 – $977.22
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $894.40 $1.43 – $977.22
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $894.40 $1.43 – $955.98
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $894.40 $1.50 – $977.22
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $894.40 $1.43 – $1,009.09
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $894.40 $1.43 – $1,009.09
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $894.40 $1.41 – $1,009.09

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