Flutemetamol f18 diagnostic 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

$7,920.00

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.

$15,840.00

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.

$1,903.92 with Humana vs $14,256.00 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,903.92 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,931.91 ↓ -76%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $1,959.91 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,965.70 ↓ -75%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $2,333.23 ↓ -71%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $3,454.70 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $3,484.80 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $3,487.97 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $3,516.48 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $3,519.65 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $3,519.65 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $3,554.50 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $3,589.34 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $3,625.78 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $4,197.60 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $4,601.52 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,908.82 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $4,908.82 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $4,908.82 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $5,168.59 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $5,480.64 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $5,749.92 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $6,367.68 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $6,446.88 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $6,858.72 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $7,001.28 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $7,017.12 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $7,254.72 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $7,920.00 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $8,015.04 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $8,220.96 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $9,345.60 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $9,504.00 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $9,662.40 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $10,296.00 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $10,296.00 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $10,692.00 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $11,404.80 ↑ +44%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $11,404.80 ↑ +44%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $12,672.00 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $12,672.00 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $12,672.00 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $12,672.00 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $12,672.00 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $12,830.40 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $12,988.80 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $13,780.80 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $14,256.00 ↑ +80%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Optum Commercial not published by hospital —
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —

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Flutemetamol f18 diagnostic at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $7,920.00 $3,009.60 – $15,840.00
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $7,920.00 $1,903.92 – $14,572.80
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $7,920.00 $1,584.00 – $14,572.80
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $7,920.00 $1,584.00 – $14,572.80
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $7,920.00 $1,903.92 – $14,572.80
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $7,920.00 $1,903.92 – $15,048.00
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $7,920.00 $1,903.92 – $15,048.00
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $7,920.00 $1,903.92 – $15,048.00

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