Appl modality 1+lllt po pain 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

$64.18

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.

$128.35

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.

$27.99 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $115.52 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
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $27.99 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $28.24 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $28.26 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $28.49 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $28.52 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $28.52 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $28.80 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $29.08 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $29.38 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $34.01 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $37.29 ↓ -42%
Humana Medicare Advantage $38.08 ↓ -41%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $38.64 ↓ -40%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $39.20 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $39.31 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $41.88 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $42.66 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $43.41 ↓ -32%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $44.41 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $46.59 ↓ -27%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $46.66 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $51.60 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $52.24 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $55.58 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $56.14 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $56.73 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $56.86 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $58.78 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $64.18 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $64.95 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $66.61 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $75.73 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $77.01 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $78.29 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $83.43 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $83.43 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $86.64 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $92.41 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $92.41 ↑ +44%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $102.68 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $102.68 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $102.68 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $102.68 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $102.68 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $103.96 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $105.25 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $111.66 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $115.52 ↑ +80%
Optum Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Appl modality 1+lllt po pain at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $64.18 $24.39 – $128.35
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $64.18 $27.99 – $118.08
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $64.18 $12.84 – $118.08
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $64.18 $12.84 – $118.08
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $64.18 $39.26 – $118.08
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $64.18 $19.20 – $121.93
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $64.18 $15.75 – $121.93
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $64.18 $17.97 – $121.93

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