Inj cefazolin sodium, hikma 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

$27.08

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.

$54.15

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.

$0.94 with Humana vs $43.34 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $0.94 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $0.96 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $0.97 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $0.98 ↓ -96%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1.11 ↓ -96%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $1.16 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $10.50 ↓ -61%
Partners Managed Medicaid $10.59 ↓ -61%
Alliance Behavioral Health $10.60 ↓ -61%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $10.69 ↓ -61%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $10.70 ↓ -60%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $10.70 ↓ -60%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $10.80 ↓ -60%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $10.91 ↓ -60%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $11.02 ↓ -59%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $12.76 ↓ -53%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $13.99 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $14.92 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $14.92 ↓ -45%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $14.92 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $15.71 ↓ -42%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $16.66 ↓ -38%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $17.48 ↓ -35%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $19.26 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $19.36 ↓ -29%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $19.60 ↓ -28%
Cigna Commercial NB $20.85 ↓ -23%
Employers Health Network Commercial $21.28 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $21.33 ↓ -21%
Aetna Broad Network $22.05 ↓ -19%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $24.08 ↓ -11%
MedCost Ultra $24.99 ↓ -8%
MedCost PPO $28.41 ↑ +5%
Magellan Behavioral Health $28.89 ↑ +7%
Aetna First Health Commercial $29.37 ↑ +8%
GMMI Commercial $31.30 ↑ +16%
Quik Trip Commercial $31.30 ↑ +16%
Cigna Commercial SAR $32.50 ↑ +20%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $34.67 ↑ +28%
ChoiceCare Commercial $34.67 ↑ +28%
Cigna Behavioral Health $38.52 ↑ +42%
First Health Commercial $38.52 ↑ +42%
Healthgram Commercial $38.52 ↑ +42%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $38.52 ↑ +42%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $38.52 ↑ +42%
Provider Select Commercial $39.00 ↑ +44%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $39.48 ↑ +46%
Beechstreet Commercial $41.89 ↑ +55%
Multiplan Commercial $43.34 ↑ +60%
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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Inj cefazolin sodium, hikma at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $27.08 $9.15 – $48.15
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $27.08 $0.94 – $44.30
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $27.08 $0.94 – $44.30
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $27.08 $0.94 – $44.30
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $27.08 $0.94 – $44.30
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $27.08 $0.94 – $45.74
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $27.08 $0.94 – $45.74
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $27.08 $0.94 – $45.74

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