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Dialysis circuit perm vascular embolization 36909 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

$8,891.30

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$17,782.60

Gross charge

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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.

$151.54 with Partners vs $16,004.34 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
Partners Managed Medicaid $151.54 ↓ -98%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $153.06 ↓ -98%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $153.06 ↓ -98%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $153.06 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $153.06 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $153.06 ↓ -98%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $153.06 ↓ -98%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $153.06 ↓ -98%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $154.57 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $179.81 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage $183.41 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $186.10 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $186.62 ↓ -98%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $224.76 ↓ -97%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,553.64 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $3,405.37 ↓ -62%
Alliance Behavioral Health $3,915.73 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $4,198.47 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $4,712.39 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $5,165.85 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $5,523.28 ↓ -38%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $6,152.78 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $6,455.08 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $7,148.61 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $7,237.52 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $7,699.87 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $7,859.91 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $7,877.69 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $8,144.43 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $8,891.30 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $8,998.00 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $9,229.17 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $10,491.73 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $10,669.56 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $10,847.39 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $11,558.69 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $11,558.69 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $12,003.26 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $12,803.47 ↑ +44%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $12,803.47 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $14,226.08 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $14,226.08 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $14,226.08 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $14,226.08 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $14,226.08 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $14,403.91 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $14,581.73 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $15,470.86 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $16,004.34 ↑ +80%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Optum Commercial not published by hospital

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Dialysis circuit perm vascular embolization 36909 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $8,891.30 $153.06 – $15,648.69
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $8,891.30 $151.54 – $16,359.99
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $8,891.30 $151.54 – $16,359.99
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $8,891.30 $151.54 – $16,359.99
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $8,891.30 $153.06 – $16,359.99
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $8,891.30 $151.54 – $16,893.47
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $8,891.30 $151.54 – $16,893.47
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $8,891.30 $151.54 – $16,893.47

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