Debride skin bone at fx site 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

$479.48

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.

$958.95

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 $863.06 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 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $209.15 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $210.97 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $211.16 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $212.89 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $213.08 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $213.08 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $215.19 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $217.30 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $219.50 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $254.12 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $278.57 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $309.74 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $312.91 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $331.80 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $348.10 ↓ -27%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $378.90 ↓ -21%
Humana Medicare Advantage $386.48 ↓ -19%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $390.29 ↓ -19%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $392.16 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $393.24 ↓ -18%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $395.85 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $415.23 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $423.86 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $424.81 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $439.20 ↓ -8%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $473.63 ↓ -1%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $479.48 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $497.70 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $520.90 ↑ +9%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $541.81 ↑ +13%
MedCost PPO $565.78 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $575.37 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $584.96 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $623.32 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $623.32 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $647.29 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $690.44 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $690.44 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $730.24 ↑ +52%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $767.16 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $767.16 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $767.16 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $767.16 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $767.16 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $776.75 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $786.34 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $834.29 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $863.06 ↑ +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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Debride skin bone at fx site at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $479.48 $179.32 – $843.88
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $479.48 $75.38 – $882.23
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $479.48 $95.90 – $882.23
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $479.48 $95.90 – $882.23
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $479.48 $293.34 – $882.23
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $479.48 $143.46 – $911.00
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $479.48 $117.66 – $911.00
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $479.48 $134.25 – $911.00

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