Venipuncture >= 3 years diagnostic/therapeutic (not to be used for routine venipuncture) 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

$266.73

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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.

$533.45

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.

$7.10 with Healthy Blue vs $426.76 with Cigna — 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
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $7.10 ↓ -97%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $7.10 ↓ -97%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $7.10 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $7.10 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $7.10 ↓ -97%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $7.10 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Medicare Advantage $8.35 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $8.52 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $8.64 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $8.77 ↓ -97%
Alliance Behavioral Health $99.76 ↓ -63%
Partners LME-MCO $117.36 ↓ -56%
Sandhills LME-MCO $117.68 ↓ -56%
MedCost Commercial $165.37 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $181.59 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $181.59 ↓ -32%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $181.59 ↓ -32%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $206.35 ↓ -23%
GMMI Commercial $309.53 ↑ +16%
Quik Trip Commercial $309.53 ↑ +16%
Healthgram Commercial $314.48 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $320.07 ↑ +20%
Aetna Signature $330.16 ↑ +24%
Provider Select Commercial $334.29 ↑ +25%
Humana Behavioral Health $338.41 ↑ +27%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $338.41 ↑ +27%
Aetna Broad Network $340.34 ↑ +28%
Aetna Preferred $340.34 ↑ +28%
Aetna Whole Health $340.34 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial $363.18 ↑ +36%
Beechstreet Commercial $371.43 ↑ +39%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $384.08 ↑ +44%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $426.76 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $426.76 ↑ +60%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
United Behavioral Health not published by hospital

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Venipuncture >= 3 years diagnostic/therapeutic (not to be used for routine venipuncture) at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $266.73 $7.03 – $384.08
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $266.73 $7.03 – $371.43
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $266.73 $7.03 – $384.08
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $266.73 $7.03 – $384.08
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $266.73 $7.10 – $371.43
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $266.73 $7.03 – $379.68
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $266.73 $7.03 – $384.08
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $266.73 $7.03 – $384.08

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