Flow cytometry marker each additional 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

$135.63

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.

$271.25

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.

$20.37 with Cigna Healthspring vs $244.13 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $20.37 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare Advantage $20.78 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $21.08 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $21.14 ↓ -84%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $25.46 ↓ -81%
Partners Managed Medicaid $35.92 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $36.28 ↓ -73%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $36.28 ↓ -73%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $36.28 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $36.28 ↓ -73%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $36.28 ↓ -73%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $36.28 ↓ -73%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $36.28 ↓ -73%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $36.64 ↓ -73%
Molina Managed Medicaid $44.14 ↓ -67%
Alliance Behavioral Health $59.73 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $71.88 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $78.80 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $90.16 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $91.74 ↓ -32%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $93.85 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $98.46 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $109.04 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $110.40 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $117.45 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $118.64 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $119.89 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $120.16 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $124.23 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $135.63 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $137.25 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $140.78 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $160.04 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $162.75 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $165.46 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $176.31 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $176.31 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $183.09 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $195.30 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $195.30 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $217.00 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $217.00 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $217.00 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $217.00 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $217.00 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $219.71 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $222.43 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $235.99 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $244.13 ↑ +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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Flow cytometry marker each additional at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $135.63 $20.37 – $238.70
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $135.63 $20.37 – $249.55
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $135.63 $20.37 – $249.55
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $135.63 $20.37 – $249.55
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $135.63 $20.37 – $249.55
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $135.63 $20.37 – $257.69
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $135.63 $20.37 – $257.69
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $135.63 $20.37 – $257.69

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