Lidocaine (pf) 4 mg/ml (0.4 %) in 5 % dextrose intravenous solution 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

$38.00

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$76.00

Gross charge

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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.

$11.02 with Cigna Healthspring vs $58.00 with Carolina Complete Health — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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 $11.02 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare Advantage $11.02 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $11.02 ↓ -71%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Medicare Advantage $11.02 ↓ -71%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $12.65 ↓ -67%
Partners LME-MCO $12.76 ↓ -66%
Alliance Behavioral Health $12.77 ↓ -66%
Sandhills LME-MCO $12.79 ↓ -66%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $12.89 ↓ -66%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $12.89 ↓ -66%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $13.55 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $16.35 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $16.35 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $16.35 ↓ -57%
MedCost Commercial $17.98 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $18.93 ↓ -50%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $29.00 ↓ -24%
Magellan Behavioral Health $34.80 ↓ -8%
Quik Trip Commercial $37.70 ↓ -1%
GMMI Commercial $37.70 ↓ -1%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $41.76 ↑ +10%
Cigna Behavioral Health $46.40 ↑ +22%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $46.40 ↑ +22%
Healthgram Commercial $46.40 ↑ +22%
Humana Behavioral Health $47.56 ↑ +25%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $47.56 ↑ +25%
Provider Select Commercial $50.46 ↑ +33%
First Health Commercial $51.04 ↑ +34%
Beechstreet Commercial $51.04 ↑ +34%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $58.00 ↑ +53%
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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Lidocaine (pf) 4 mg/ml (0.4 %) in 5 % dextrose intravenous solution at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $38.00 $0.01 – $53.36
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $38.00 $0.01 – $53.36
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $38.00 $0.01 – $53.36
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $38.00 $0.01 – $52.20
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $38.00 $0.01 – $53.36
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $38.00 $0.01 – $55.10
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $38.00 $0.01 – $55.10
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $38.00 $0.01 – $55.10

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