Drng of hydrocele 55000 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

$556.20

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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$1,112.40

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.

$69.98 with Partners vs $1,001.16 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 $69.98 ↓ -87%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $70.68 ↓ -87%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $70.68 ↓ -87%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $70.68 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $70.68 ↓ -87%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $70.68 ↓ -87%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $70.68 ↓ -87%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $70.68 ↓ -87%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $71.38 ↓ -87%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $78.07 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare Advantage $79.63 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $80.80 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $81.02 ↓ -85%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $97.59 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $213.02 ↓ -62%
Alliance Behavioral Health $244.95 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $261.19 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $262.64 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $270.96 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $270.96 ↓ -51%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $294.79 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $323.15 ↓ -42%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $384.89 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $403.80 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $452.75 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $481.67 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $491.68 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $509.48 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $556.20 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $562.87 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $577.34 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $656.32 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $667.44 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $678.56 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $723.06 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $723.06 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $750.87 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $800.93 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $800.93 ↑ +44%
Molina Managed Medicaid $879.37 ↑ +58%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $889.92 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $889.92 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $889.92 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $889.92 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $889.92 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $901.04 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $912.17 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $967.79 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $1,001.16 ↑ +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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Drng of hydrocele 55000 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $556.20 $70.68 – $978.91
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $556.20 $69.98 – $1,023.41
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $556.20 $69.98 – $1,023.41
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $556.20 $69.98 – $1,023.41
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $556.20 $70.68 – $1,023.41
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $556.20 $69.98 – $1,056.78
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $556.20 $69.98 – $1,056.78
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $556.20 $69.98 – $1,056.78

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