Exercise tst brncspsm w/ecg 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

$297.73

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.

$595.45

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.

$28.12 with Partners vs $535.91 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 $28.12 ↓ -91%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $28.40 ↓ -90%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $28.40 ↓ -90%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $28.40 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $28.40 ↓ -90%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $28.40 ↓ -90%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $28.40 ↓ -90%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $28.40 ↓ -90%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $28.68 ↓ -90%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $29.45 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare Advantage $30.04 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $30.48 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $30.56 ↓ -90%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $36.81 ↓ -88%
Alliance Behavioral Health $131.12 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $157.79 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $172.98 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $197.93 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $201.38 ↓ -32%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $206.03 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $216.15 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $239.37 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $242.35 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $257.83 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $260.45 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $263.19 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $263.78 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $272.72 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $297.73 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $301.30 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $309.04 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $351.32 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $357.27 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $363.22 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $387.04 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $387.04 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $401.93 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $428.72 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $428.72 ↑ +44%
Molina Managed Medicaid $464.82 ↑ +56%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $476.36 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $476.36 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $476.36 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $476.36 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $476.36 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $482.31 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $488.27 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $518.04 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $535.91 ↑ +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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Exercise tst brncspsm w/ecg at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $297.73 $28.40 – $524.00
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $297.73 $28.12 – $547.81
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $297.73 $28.12 – $547.81
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $297.73 $28.12 – $547.81
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $297.73 $28.40 – $547.81
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $297.73 $28.12 – $565.68
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $297.73 $28.12 – $565.68
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $297.73 $28.12 – $565.68

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