App mltpln uni xtrnl fix xch 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

$707.58

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.

$1,415.15

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.

$271.00 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina vs $1,900.19 with Ortho Carolina — 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $271.00 ↓ -62%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $308.64 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $311.33 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $311.62 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $314.16 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $314.45 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $314.45 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $317.56 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $320.67 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $323.93 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $334.12 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $375.01 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $411.10 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $439.55 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $461.76 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $489.64 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $513.70 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $568.89 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $575.97 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $612.76 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $625.50 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $626.91 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $648.14 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $707.58 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $716.07 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $734.46 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $834.94 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $849.09 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $863.24 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $919.85 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $919.85 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $955.23 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $1,018.91 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,018.91 ↑ +44%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,132.12 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $1,132.12 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $1,132.12 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $1,132.12 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $1,132.12 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $1,146.27 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $1,160.42 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,231.18 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $1,273.64 ↑ +80%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,432.11 ↑ +102%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $1,520.15 ↑ +115%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,550.55 ↑ +119%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,573.36 ↑ +122%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,577.69 ↑ +123%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $1,900.19 ↑ +169%
Optum Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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App mltpln uni xtrnl fix xch at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $707.58 $268.88 – $1,245.33
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $707.58 $254.30 – $1,900.19
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $707.58 $141.52 – $1,900.19
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $707.58 $141.52 – $1,900.19
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $707.58 $432.89 – $1,550.55
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $707.58 $211.71 – $1,550.55
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $707.58 $173.64 – $1,900.19
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $707.58 $198.12 – $1,532.91

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