Analysis complx cranial nerve pulse gen prgrmg 95977 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

$373.23

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.

$746.45

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.

$45.28 with Partners vs $671.81 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
Partners Managed Medicaid $45.28 ↓ -88%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $45.73 ↓ -88%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $45.73 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $45.73 ↓ -88%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $45.73 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $45.73 ↓ -88%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $45.73 ↓ -88%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $45.73 ↓ -88%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $46.19 ↓ -88%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $46.28 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage $47.21 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $47.90 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $48.03 ↓ -87%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $57.85 ↓ -85%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $102.70 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $131.85 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $131.85 ↓ -65%
Molina Managed Medicaid $155.77 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $158.55 ↓ -58%
Alliance Behavioral Health $164.37 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $197.81 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $216.84 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $248.12 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $252.45 ↓ -32%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $258.27 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $270.96 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial NB $323.21 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $329.93 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $341.87 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $373.23 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $377.70 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $387.41 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $440.41 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $447.87 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $455.33 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $485.19 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $485.19 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $503.85 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $537.44 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $537.44 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $597.16 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $597.16 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $597.16 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $597.16 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $597.16 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $604.62 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $612.09 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $649.41 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $671.81 ↑ +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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Analysis complx cranial nerve pulse gen prgrmg 95977 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $373.23 $45.73 – $656.88
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $373.23 $45.28 – $686.73
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $373.23 $45.28 – $686.73
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $373.23 $45.28 – $686.73
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $373.23 $45.73 – $686.73
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $373.23 $45.28 – $709.13
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $373.23 $45.28 – $709.13
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $373.23 $45.28 – $709.13

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