Ghs corneal fb with slit lamp bilat 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

$184.40

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.

$368.80

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.

$40.92 with Partners vs $331.92 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 $40.92 ↓ -78%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $41.33 ↓ -78%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $41.33 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $41.33 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $41.33 ↓ -78%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $41.33 ↓ -78%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $41.33 ↓ -78%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $41.33 ↓ -78%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $41.74 ↓ -77%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $46.00 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare Advantage $46.92 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $47.61 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $47.74 ↓ -74%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $57.50 ↓ -69%
Molina Managed Medicaid $75.38 ↓ -59%
Alliance Behavioral Health $81.21 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $97.73 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $107.14 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $119.12 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $127.60 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $133.87 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $150.10 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $152.24 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $159.69 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $163.01 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $163.38 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $168.91 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $184.40 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $191.41 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $200.33 ↑ +9%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $208.37 ↑ +13%
MedCost PPO $217.59 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $221.28 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $224.97 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $239.72 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $239.72 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $248.94 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $265.54 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $265.54 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $280.84 ↑ +52%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $295.04 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $295.04 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $295.04 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $295.04 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $295.04 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $298.73 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $302.42 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $320.86 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $331.92 ↑ +80%
Optum Commercial not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Ghs corneal fb with slit lamp bilat at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $184.40 $41.33 – $324.54
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $184.40 $40.92 – $339.30
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $184.40 $36.88 – $339.30
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $184.40 $36.88 – $339.30
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $184.40 $41.33 – $339.30
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $184.40 $40.92 – $350.36
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $184.40 $40.92 – $350.36
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $184.40 $40.92 – $350.36

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