Ins cath ren art 2nd+ bi 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

$8,598.88

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.

$17,197.75

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.

$237.84 with Partners vs $15,477.98 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 $237.84 ↓ -97%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $240.22 ↓ -97%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $240.22 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $240.22 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $240.22 ↓ -97%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $240.22 ↓ -97%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $240.22 ↓ -97%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $240.22 ↓ -97%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $242.60 ↓ -97%
Molina Managed Medicaid $314.06 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $370.41 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $377.82 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $383.37 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $384.43 ↓ -96%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $463.01 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $3,293.37 ↓ -62%
Alliance Behavioral Health $3,786.94 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $4,060.39 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $4,557.40 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $4,995.95 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $5,341.62 ↓ -38%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $5,950.42 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $6,242.78 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $6,913.50 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $6,999.48 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $7,446.63 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $7,601.41 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $7,618.60 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $7,876.57 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $8,598.88 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $8,702.06 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $8,925.63 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $10,146.67 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $10,318.65 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $10,490.63 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $11,178.54 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $11,178.54 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $11,608.48 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $12,382.38 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $12,382.38 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $13,758.20 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $13,758.20 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $13,758.20 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $13,758.20 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $13,758.20 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $13,930.18 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $14,102.16 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $14,962.04 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $15,477.98 ↑ +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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Ins cath ren art 2nd+ bi at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $8,598.88 $240.22 – $15,134.02
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $8,598.88 $237.84 – $15,821.93
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $8,598.88 $237.84 – $15,821.93
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $8,598.88 $237.84 – $15,821.93
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $8,598.88 $240.22 – $15,821.93
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $8,598.88 $237.84 – $16,337.86
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $8,598.88 $237.84 – $16,337.86
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $8,598.88 $237.84 – $16,337.86

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