Acetaminophen level at Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center

1000 Blythe Blvd, Charlotte, NC · Atrium Health · · NPI 1295789907

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 5, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$202.33

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.

$404.65

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.

$17.15 with Molina vs $364.19 with Multiplan — 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
Molina Managed Medicaid $17.15 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare Advantage $19.01 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $19.29 ↓ -90%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $19.57 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $19.63 ↓ -90%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $23.30 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $88.25 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $89.02 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $89.10 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $89.83 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $89.91 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $89.91 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $90.80 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $91.69 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $92.62 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $107.23 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $117.55 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $132.04 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $134.51 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $136.85 ↓ -32%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $140.01 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $146.89 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $162.67 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $164.69 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $175.21 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $176.99 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $178.86 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $179.26 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $185.33 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $202.33 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $204.75 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $210.01 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $238.74 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $242.79 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $246.84 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $263.02 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $263.02 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $273.14 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $291.35 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $291.35 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $323.72 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $323.72 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $323.72 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $323.72 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $323.72 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $327.77 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $331.81 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $352.05 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $364.19 ↑ +80%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Optum Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Acetaminophen level at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $202.33 $76.88 – $404.65
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $202.33 $17.15 – $372.28
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $202.33 $19.01 – $372.28
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $202.33 $19.01 – $372.28
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $202.33 $19.01 – $372.28
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $202.33 $19.01 – $384.42
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $202.33 $19.01 – $384.42
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $202.33 $19.01 – $384.42

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