Ghs change cysto/gastrost 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

$398.95

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.

$797.90

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.

$32.25 with Partners vs $718.11 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 $32.25 ↓ -92%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $32.57 ↓ -92%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $32.57 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $32.57 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $32.57 ↓ -92%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $32.57 ↓ -92%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $32.57 ↓ -92%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $32.57 ↓ -92%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $32.90 ↓ -92%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $34.08 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare Advantage $34.76 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $35.27 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $35.37 ↓ -91%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $42.60 ↓ -89%
Molina Managed Medicaid $75.38 ↓ -81%
ChoiceCare Commercial $90.69 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $90.69 ↓ -77%
MedCost PPO $96.38 ↓ -76%
MedCost Ultra $96.38 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $112.92 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $139.10 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $139.10 ↓ -65%
Alliance Behavioral Health $175.70 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $188.38 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $211.44 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $231.79 ↓ -42%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $276.07 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $289.64 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $324.75 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $345.49 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $352.67 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $365.44 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $398.95 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $403.74 ↑ +1%
Magellan Behavioral Health $478.74 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $486.72 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $518.64 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $518.64 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $538.58 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $574.49 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $638.32 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $638.32 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $638.32 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $638.32 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $638.32 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $646.30 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $654.28 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $694.17 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $718.11 ↑ +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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Ghs change cysto/gastrost at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $398.95 $32.57 – $702.15
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $398.95 $32.25 – $734.07
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $398.95 $32.25 – $734.07
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $398.95 $32.25 – $734.07
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $398.95 $32.57 – $734.07
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $398.95 $32.25 – $758.01
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $398.95 $32.25 – $758.01
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $398.95 $32.25 – $758.01

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