Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) 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

$375.70

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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.

$751.40

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.

$31.00 with Partners vs $676.26 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 $31.00 ↓ -92%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $31.31 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $31.31 ↓ -92%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $31.31 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $31.31 ↓ -92%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $31.31 ↓ -92%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $31.31 ↓ -92%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $31.31 ↓ -92%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $31.62 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare Advantage $38.02 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $38.57 ↓ -90%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $39.13 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $39.25 ↓ -90%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $46.59 ↓ -88%
Molina Managed Medicaid $52.03 ↓ -86%
Alliance Behavioral Health $165.46 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $199.12 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $218.28 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $249.77 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $254.12 ↓ -32%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $259.98 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $272.76 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $302.06 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $305.82 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $325.36 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $328.66 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $332.12 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $332.87 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $344.14 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $375.70 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $380.21 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $389.98 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $443.33 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $450.84 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $458.35 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $488.41 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $488.41 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $507.20 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $541.01 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $541.01 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $601.12 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $601.12 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $601.12 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $601.12 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $601.12 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $608.63 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $616.15 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $653.72 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $676.26 ↑ +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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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe clostridium difficile toxin gene(s) at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $375.70 $31.31 – $661.23
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $375.70 $31.00 – $691.29
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $375.70 $31.00 – $691.29
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $375.70 $31.00 – $691.29
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $375.70 $31.31 – $691.29
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $375.70 $31.00 – $713.83
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $375.70 $31.00 – $713.83
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $375.70 $31.00 – $713.83

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