Exc mal+marg tal 3.1-4 cm 11604 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

$1,116.15

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.

$2,232.30

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.

$150.51 with Partners vs $2,009.07 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 $150.51 ↓ -87%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $152.02 ↓ -86%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $152.02 ↓ -86%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $152.02 ↓ -86%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $152.02 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $152.02 ↓ -86%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $152.02 ↓ -86%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $152.02 ↓ -86%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $153.52 ↓ -86%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $195.96 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage $199.88 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $202.82 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $203.38 ↓ -82%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $244.95 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $384.28 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $427.49 ↓ -62%
Alliance Behavioral Health $491.55 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $505.63 ↓ -55%
MedCost Ultra $543.09 ↓ -51%
MedCost PPO $543.09 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $569.23 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $569.23 ↓ -49%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $591.56 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $648.48 ↓ -42%
Aetna Broad Network $652.67 ↓ -42%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $772.38 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $810.32 ↓ -27%
Molina Managed Medicaid $879.37 ↓ -21%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $908.55 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $966.59 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $986.68 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,116.15 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,129.54 ↑ +1%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,339.38 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,361.70 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,451.00 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $1,451.00 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,506.80 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $1,607.26 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,607.26 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $1,785.84 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $1,785.84 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $1,785.84 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,785.84 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $1,785.84 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $1,808.16 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $1,830.49 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,942.10 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $2,009.07 ↑ +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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Exc mal+marg tal 3.1-4 cm 11604 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,116.15 $152.02 – $1,964.42
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,116.15 $150.51 – $2,053.72
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,116.15 $150.51 – $2,053.72
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $1,116.15 $150.51 – $2,053.72
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $1,116.15 $152.02 – $2,053.72
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,116.15 $150.51 – $2,120.69
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,116.15 $150.51 – $2,120.69
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,116.15 $150.51 – $2,120.69

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