Infect ag ia optc obs influenza 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

$43.40

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.

$86.80

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.

$14.13 with Partners vs $78.12 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 $14.13 ↓ -67%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $14.27 ↓ -67%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $14.27 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $14.27 ↓ -67%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $14.27 ↓ -67%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $14.27 ↓ -67%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $14.27 ↓ -67%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $14.27 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $14.37 ↓ -67%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $14.41 ↓ -67%
ChoiceCare Commercial $15.18 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $15.18 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare Advantage $16.88 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $17.13 ↓ -61%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $17.38 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $17.43 ↓ -60%
Molina Managed Medicaid $17.78 ↓ -59%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $17.96 ↓ -59%
Alliance Behavioral Health $19.11 ↓ -56%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $20.69 ↓ -52%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $23.00 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $25.22 ↓ -42%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $30.03 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $31.51 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $34.89 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $35.33 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $37.58 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $38.37 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $38.45 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $39.75 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $43.40 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $43.92 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $45.05 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $51.21 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $52.08 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $52.95 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $56.42 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $56.42 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $58.59 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $62.50 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $69.44 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $69.44 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $69.44 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $69.44 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $69.44 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $70.31 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $71.18 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $75.52 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $78.12 ↑ +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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Infect ag ia optc obs influenza at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $43.40 $14.27 – $76.38
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $43.40 $14.13 – $79.86
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $43.40 $8.68 – $79.86
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $43.40 $8.68 – $79.86
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $43.40 $14.27 – $79.86
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $43.40 $12.99 – $82.46
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $43.40 $10.65 – $82.46
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $43.40 $12.15 – $82.46

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