Ghs sphenopalatine ganglion block 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

$297.75

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.

$595.50

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.

$63.20 with Partners vs $535.95 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 $63.20 ↓ -79%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $63.83 ↓ -79%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $63.83 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $63.83 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $63.83 ↓ -79%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $63.83 ↓ -79%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $63.83 ↓ -79%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $63.83 ↓ -79%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $64.46 ↓ -78%
Molina Managed Medicaid $75.38 ↓ -75%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $96.11 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare Advantage $98.03 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $99.47 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $99.75 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $114.04 ↓ -62%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $120.14 ↓ -60%
Alliance Behavioral Health $131.13 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $140.60 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $157.81 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $172.99 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $184.96 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $192.35 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $206.04 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $216.17 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $242.37 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $257.85 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $263.21 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $263.81 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $272.74 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $297.75 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $301.32 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $309.06 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $351.35 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $357.30 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $363.26 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $387.08 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $387.08 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $401.96 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $428.76 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $428.76 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $476.40 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $476.40 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $476.40 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $476.40 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $476.40 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $482.36 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $488.31 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $518.09 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $535.95 ↑ +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 sphenopalatine ganglion block at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $297.75 $63.83 – $524.04
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $297.75 $63.20 – $547.86
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $297.75 $59.55 – $547.86
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $297.75 $59.55 – $547.86
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $297.75 $63.83 – $547.86
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $297.75 $63.20 – $565.73
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $297.75 $63.20 – $565.73
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $297.75 $63.20 – $565.73

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