Fixtn pq skel dstl rad fx/epiphysl sep 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

$4,609.70

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.

$9,219.40

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.

$475.60 with Partners vs $8,297.46 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 $475.60 ↓ -90%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $480.36 ↓ -90%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $480.36 ↓ -90%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $480.36 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $480.36 ↓ -90%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $480.36 ↓ -90%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $480.36 ↓ -90%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $480.36 ↓ -90%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $485.11 ↓ -89%
Molina Managed Medicaid $609.62 ↓ -87%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $625.69 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare Advantage $638.20 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $647.59 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $649.37 ↓ -86%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $782.11 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,765.52 ↓ -62%
Alliance Behavioral Health $2,030.11 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,176.70 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $2,443.14 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2,678.24 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,863.55 ↓ -38%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $3,189.91 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $3,346.64 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $3,706.20 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $3,752.30 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $3,992.00 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $4,074.97 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,084.19 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $4,222.49 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $4,609.70 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,665.02 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $4,784.87 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $5,439.45 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $5,531.64 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $5,623.83 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $5,992.61 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $5,992.61 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $6,223.10 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $6,637.97 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $6,637.97 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $7,375.52 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $7,375.52 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $7,375.52 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $7,375.52 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $7,375.52 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $7,467.71 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $7,559.91 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $8,020.88 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $8,297.46 ↑ +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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Fixtn pq skel dstl rad fx/epiphysl sep at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $4,609.70 $480.36 – $8,113.07
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $4,609.70 $475.60 – $8,481.85
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $4,609.70 $475.60 – $8,481.85
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $4,609.70 $475.60 – $8,481.85
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $4,609.70 $480.36 – $8,481.85
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $4,609.70 $475.60 – $8,758.43
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $4,609.70 $475.60 – $8,758.43
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $4,609.70 $475.60 – $8,758.43

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