Ghs removal intranasal foreign body 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

$128.10

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.

$256.20

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.

$49.06 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina vs $230.58 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $49.06 ↓ -62%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $55.88 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $56.36 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $56.42 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $56.88 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $56.93 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $56.93 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $57.49 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $58.05 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $58.64 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $60.49 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $67.89 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $74.43 ↓ -42%
Molina Managed Medicaid $75.38 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $79.58 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $82.75 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $83.60 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $88.65 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $93.00 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $104.27 ↓ -19%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $110.89 ↓ -13%
Cigna Commercial NB $110.93 ↓ -13%
Humana Medicare Advantage $113.11 ↓ -12%
Employers Health Network Commercial $113.24 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $113.50 ↓ -11%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $114.77 ↓ -10%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $115.09 ↓ -10%
Aetna Broad Network $117.34 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $128.10 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $129.64 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $132.97 ↑ +4%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $138.61 ↑ +8%
MedCost PPO $151.16 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $153.72 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $156.28 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $166.53 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $166.53 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $172.94 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $184.46 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $184.46 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $204.96 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $204.96 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $204.96 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $204.96 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $204.96 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $207.52 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $210.08 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $222.89 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $230.58 ↑ +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 removal intranasal foreign body at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $128.10 $47.91 – $225.46
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $128.10 $46.04 – $235.70
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $128.10 $25.62 – $235.70
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $128.10 $25.62 – $235.70
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $128.10 $78.37 – $235.70
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $128.10 $38.33 – $243.39
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $128.10 $31.44 – $243.39
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $128.10 $35.87 – $243.39

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