Ghs strapping shoulder - 29240 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

$134.83

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.

$269.65

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.

$16.72 with Cigna Healthspring vs $242.69 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 $16.72 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage $17.05 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $17.31 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $17.35 ↓ -87%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $20.90 ↓ -84%
Partners Managed Medicaid $33.25 ↓ -75%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $33.58 ↓ -75%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $33.58 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $33.58 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $33.58 ↓ -75%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $33.58 ↓ -75%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $33.58 ↓ -75%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $33.58 ↓ -75%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $33.92 ↓ -75%
Alliance Behavioral Health $59.38 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $71.46 ↓ -47%
Molina Managed Medicaid $75.38 ↓ -44%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $78.33 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $87.10 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $93.30 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $97.88 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $109.75 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $111.31 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $116.76 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $119.19 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $119.45 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $123.50 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $134.83 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $139.95 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $146.47 ↑ +9%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $152.35 ↑ +13%
MedCost PPO $159.09 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $161.79 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $164.49 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $175.27 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $175.27 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $182.01 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $194.15 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $194.15 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $205.34 ↑ +52%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $215.72 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $215.72 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $215.72 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $215.72 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $215.72 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $218.42 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $221.11 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $234.60 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $242.69 ↑ +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 strapping shoulder - 29240 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $134.83 $16.72 – $237.29
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $134.83 $16.72 – $248.08
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $134.83 $16.72 – $248.08
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $134.83 $16.72 – $248.08
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $134.83 $16.72 – $248.08
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $134.83 $16.72 – $256.17
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $134.83 $16.72 – $256.17
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $134.83 $16.72 – $256.17

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