Ghs IV thrombolytics - cerebral 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

$739.53

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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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$1,479.05

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.

$48.88 with Cigna Healthspring vs $1,331.15 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 $48.88 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Advantage $49.86 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $50.59 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $50.73 ↓ -93%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $61.10 ↓ -92%
Molina Managed Medicaid $75.38 ↓ -90%
Partners Managed Medicaid $243.49 ↓ -67%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $245.92 ↓ -67%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $245.92 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $245.92 ↓ -67%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $245.92 ↓ -67%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $245.92 ↓ -67%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $245.92 ↓ -67%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $245.92 ↓ -67%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $248.36 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $283.24 ↓ -62%
Alliance Behavioral Health $325.69 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $349.20 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $391.95 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $429.66 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $459.39 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $477.73 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $511.75 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $536.90 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $601.97 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $640.43 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $653.74 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $655.22 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $677.40 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $739.53 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $748.40 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $767.63 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $872.64 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $887.43 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $902.22 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $961.38 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $961.38 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $998.36 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $1,064.92 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,064.92 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $1,183.24 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $1,183.24 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $1,183.24 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,183.24 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $1,183.24 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $1,198.03 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $1,212.82 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,286.77 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $1,331.15 ↑ +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 IV thrombolytics - cerebral at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $739.53 $48.88 – $1,301.56
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $739.53 $48.88 – $1,360.73
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $739.53 $48.88 – $1,360.73
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $739.53 $48.88 – $1,360.73
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $739.53 $48.88 – $1,360.73
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $739.53 $48.88 – $1,405.10
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $739.53 $48.88 – $1,405.10
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $739.53 $48.88 – $1,405.10

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