Drainage absc/cyst/hmtma/vestibule mouth smpl 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

$370.48

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.

$740.95

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 $666.86 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 ↓ -80%
Partners Managed Medicaid $90.52 ↓ -76%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $91.43 ↓ -75%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $91.43 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $91.43 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $91.43 ↓ -75%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $91.43 ↓ -75%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $91.43 ↓ -75%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $91.43 ↓ -75%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $92.33 ↓ -75%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $111.17 ↓ -70%
Humana Medicare Advantage $113.39 ↓ -69%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $115.06 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $115.38 ↓ -69%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $138.96 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $141.89 ↓ -62%
Alliance Behavioral Health $163.16 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $174.94 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $196.35 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $215.25 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $230.14 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $239.33 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $256.37 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $268.96 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $301.57 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $320.83 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $327.50 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $328.24 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $339.36 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $370.48 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $374.92 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $384.55 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $437.16 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $444.57 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $451.98 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $481.62 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $481.62 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $500.14 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $533.48 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $533.48 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $592.76 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $592.76 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $592.76 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $592.76 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $592.76 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $600.17 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $607.58 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $644.63 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $666.86 ↑ +80%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Optum Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Drainage absc/cyst/hmtma/vestibule mouth smpl at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $370.48 $91.43 – $652.04
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $370.48 $75.38 – $681.67
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $370.48 $74.10 – $681.67
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $370.48 $74.10 – $681.67
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $370.48 $91.43 – $681.67
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $370.48 $90.52 – $703.90
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $370.48 $90.52 – $703.90
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $370.48 $90.52 – $703.90

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