Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) 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

$168.30

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.

$336.60

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.

$3.47 with Molina vs $302.94 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
Molina Managed Medicaid $3.47 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage $7.88 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $8.00 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $8.12 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $8.14 ↓ -95%
Partners Managed Medicaid $9.29 ↓ -94%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $9.38 ↓ -94%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $9.38 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $9.38 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $9.38 ↓ -94%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $9.38 ↓ -94%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $9.38 ↓ -94%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $9.38 ↓ -94%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $9.48 ↓ -94%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $9.66 ↓ -94%
Alliance Behavioral Health $74.12 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $89.20 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $97.78 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $111.89 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $113.84 ↓ -32%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $116.46 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $122.19 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $135.31 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $137.00 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $145.75 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $147.23 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $148.78 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $149.11 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $154.16 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $168.30 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $170.32 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $174.70 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $198.59 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $201.96 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $205.33 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $218.79 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $218.79 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $227.21 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $242.35 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $242.35 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $269.28 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $269.28 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $269.28 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $269.28 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $269.28 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $272.65 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $276.01 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $292.84 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $302.94 ↑ +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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Fetal hemoglobin (kleihauer betke) at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $168.30 $9.38 – $296.21
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $168.30 $3.47 – $309.67
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $168.30 $7.88 – $309.67
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $168.30 $7.88 – $309.67
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $168.30 $7.88 – $309.67
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $168.30 $7.88 – $319.77
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $168.30 $7.88 – $319.77
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $168.30 $7.88 – $319.77

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