Cltx strnclav dislc w/mnpj 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

$995.40

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.

$1,990.80

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 $1,791.72 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 ↓ -92%
Partners Managed Medicaid $220.53 ↓ -78%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $222.74 ↓ -78%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $222.74 ↓ -78%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $222.74 ↓ -78%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $222.74 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $222.74 ↓ -78%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $222.74 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $222.74 ↓ -78%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $224.94 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage $232.71 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $236.14 ↓ -76%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $239.56 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $240.26 ↓ -76%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $285.19 ↓ -71%
Alliance Behavioral Health $438.37 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $527.56 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $578.33 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $643.03 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $688.82 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $722.66 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $810.26 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $821.80 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $862.02 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $879.93 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $881.92 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $911.79 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $995.40 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $1,033.23 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,081.40 ↑ +9%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,124.80 ↑ +13%
MedCost PPO $1,174.57 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,194.48 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,214.39 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $1,294.02 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,294.02 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,343.79 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $1,433.38 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,433.38 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,515.99 ↑ +52%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,592.64 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $1,592.64 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $1,592.64 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $1,592.64 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $1,592.64 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $1,612.55 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $1,632.46 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,732.00 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $1,791.72 ↑ +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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Cltx strnclav dislc w/mnpj at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $995.40 $222.74 – $1,751.90
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $995.40 $75.38 – $1,831.54
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $995.40 $199.08 – $1,831.54
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $995.40 $199.08 – $1,831.54
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $995.40 $222.74 – $1,831.54
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $995.40 $220.53 – $1,891.26
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $995.40 $220.53 – $1,891.26
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $995.40 $220.53 – $1,891.26

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