Closed tx orbit without manipulj 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

$1,510.53

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.

$3,021.05

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.

$75.38 with Molina vs $2,718.95 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 $75.38 ↓ -95%
Partners Managed Medicaid $102.66 ↓ -93%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $103.69 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $103.69 ↓ -93%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $103.69 ↓ -93%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $103.69 ↓ -93%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $103.69 ↓ -93%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $103.69 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $103.69 ↓ -93%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $104.71 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $158.78 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare Advantage $161.96 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $164.34 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $164.79 ↓ -89%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $198.48 ↓ -87%
Alliance Behavioral Health $665.24 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $800.58 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $877.62 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $975.80 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,045.28 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,096.64 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1,229.57 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,247.09 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,308.11 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,335.30 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,338.33 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $1,383.64 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,510.53 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $1,567.92 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,641.03 ↑ +9%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,706.89 ↑ +13%
MedCost PPO $1,782.42 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,812.63 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,842.84 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,963.68 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $1,963.68 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $2,039.21 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $2,175.16 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $2,175.16 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2,300.53 ↑ +52%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,416.84 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $2,416.84 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $2,416.84 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $2,416.84 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $2,416.84 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $2,447.05 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $2,477.26 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $2,628.31 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $2,718.95 ↑ +80%
Optum Commercial not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Closed tx orbit without manipulj at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,510.53 $103.69 – $2,658.52
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,510.53 $75.38 – $2,779.37
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,510.53 $102.66 – $2,779.37
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $1,510.53 $102.66 – $2,779.37
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $1,510.53 $103.69 – $2,779.37
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,510.53 $102.66 – $2,870.00
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,510.53 $102.66 – $2,870.00
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,510.53 $102.66 – $2,870.00

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