Ecmo/ecls initiation artery 33947 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

$21,849.00

Cash price

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$43,698.00

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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.

$293.34 with Partners vs $31,551.98 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 $293.34 ↓ -99%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $296.27 ↓ -99%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $296.27 ↓ -99%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $296.27 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $296.27 ↓ -99%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $296.27 ↓ -99%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $296.27 ↓ -99%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $296.27 ↓ -99%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $299.21 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $305.85 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare Advantage $311.97 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $316.55 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $317.43 ↓ -99%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $382.31 ↓ -98%
Aetna Broad Network $720.64 ↓ -97%
MedCost PPO $871.26 ↓ -96%
MedCost Ultra $871.26 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,104.75 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,850.98 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,850.98 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $6,713.56 ↓ -69%
Alliance Behavioral Health $7,719.72 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $8,277.13 ↓ -62%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $9,290.30 ↓ -57%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $10,184.28 ↓ -53%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $12,129.98 ↓ -44%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $12,725.96 ↓ -42%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $14,268.50 ↓ -35%
Cigna Commercial NB $15,180.01 ↓ -31%
Employers Health Network Commercial $15,495.53 ↓ -29%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $17,528.88 ↓ -20%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $17,739.22 ↓ -19%
Magellan Behavioral Health $21,034.65 ↓ -4%
Aetna First Health Commercial $21,385.23 ↓ -2%
GMMI Commercial $22,787.54 ↑ +4%
Quik Trip Commercial $22,787.54 ↑ +4%
Cigna Commercial SAR $23,663.98 ↑ +8%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $25,241.58 ↑ +16%
ChoiceCare Commercial $25,241.58 ↑ +16%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $28,046.20 ↑ +28%
Cigna Behavioral Health $28,046.20 ↑ +28%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $28,046.20 ↑ +28%
First Health Commercial $28,046.20 ↑ +28%
Healthgram Commercial $28,046.20 ↑ +28%
Provider Select Commercial $28,396.78 ↑ +30%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $28,747.36 ↑ +32%
Beechstreet Commercial $30,500.24 ↑ +40%
Multiplan Commercial $31,551.98 ↑ +44%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —
Optum Commercial not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —

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Ecmo/ecls initiation artery 33947 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $21,849.00 $296.27 – $30,850.82
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $21,849.00 $293.34 – $32,253.13
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $21,849.00 $293.34 – $32,253.13
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $21,849.00 $293.34 – $32,253.13
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $21,849.00 $296.27 – $32,253.13
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $21,849.00 $293.34 – $33,304.86
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $21,849.00 $293.34 – $33,304.86
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $21,849.00 $293.34 – $33,304.86

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