Drng salivary gland simple 42300 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

$2,353.80

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.

$4,707.60

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.

$111.28 with Partners vs $4,236.84 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 $111.28 ↓ -95%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $112.39 ↓ -95%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $112.39 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $112.39 ↓ -95%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $112.39 ↓ -95%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $112.39 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $112.39 ↓ -95%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $112.39 ↓ -95%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $113.51 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $144.65 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage $147.54 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $149.71 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $150.13 ↓ -94%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $180.81 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $441.47 ↓ -81%
Molina Managed Medicaid $879.37 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $901.51 ↓ -62%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,036.61 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,111.46 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,247.51 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,367.56 ↓ -42%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,628.83 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,708.86 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,892.46 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1,915.99 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,038.39 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,080.76 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,085.47 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $2,156.08 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,353.80 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,382.05 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $2,443.24 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $2,777.48 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $2,824.56 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,871.64 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $3,059.94 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,059.94 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,177.63 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $3,389.47 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $3,389.47 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $3,766.08 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $3,766.08 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $3,766.08 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $3,766.08 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $3,766.08 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $3,813.16 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $3,860.23 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $4,095.61 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $4,236.84 ↑ +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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Drng salivary gland simple 42300 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,353.80 $112.39 – $4,142.69
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,353.80 $111.28 – $4,330.99
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,353.80 $111.28 – $4,330.99
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $2,353.80 $111.28 – $4,330.99
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $2,353.80 $112.39 – $4,330.99
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,353.80 $111.28 – $4,472.22
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,353.80 $111.28 – $4,472.22
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,353.80 $111.28 – $4,472.22

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