Dest mal lesion tal <0.5 17260 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

$218.03

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.

$436.05

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.

$48.76 with Partners vs $879.37 with Molina — 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
Partners Managed Medicaid $48.76 ↓ -78%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $49.25 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $49.25 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $49.25 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $49.25 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $49.25 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $49.25 ↓ -77%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $49.25 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $49.74 ↓ -77%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $65.55 ↓ -70%
Humana Medicare Advantage $66.86 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $67.84 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $68.03 ↓ -69%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $81.94 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $83.50 ↓ -62%
Alliance Behavioral Health $96.02 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $102.95 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $115.55 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $126.67 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $135.44 ↓ -38%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $150.87 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $158.29 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $175.29 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $177.47 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $188.81 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $192.73 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $193.17 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $199.71 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $218.03 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $220.64 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $226.31 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $257.27 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $261.63 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $265.99 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $283.43 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $283.43 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $294.33 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $313.96 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $313.96 ↑ +44%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $348.84 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $348.84 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $348.84 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $348.84 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $348.84 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $353.20 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $357.56 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $379.36 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $392.45 ↑ +80%
Molina Managed Medicaid $879.37 ↑ +303%
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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Dest mal lesion tal <0.5 17260 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $218.03 $49.25 – $383.72
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $218.03 $48.76 – $879.37
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $218.03 $43.61 – $401.17
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $218.03 $43.61 – $401.17
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $218.03 $49.25 – $401.17
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $218.03 $48.76 – $414.25
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $218.03 $48.76 – $414.25
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $218.03 $48.76 – $414.25

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