Insertion intra aortic balloon assist device percutaneous 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

$2,306.83

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$4,613.65

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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.

$217.72 with Partners vs $4,004.01 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

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 $217.72 ↓ -91%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $219.90 ↓ -90%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $219.90 ↓ -90%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $219.90 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $219.90 ↓ -90%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $219.90 ↓ -90%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $219.90 ↓ -90%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $219.90 ↓ -90%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $222.07 ↓ -90%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $229.64 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare Advantage $234.23 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $237.68 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $238.33 ↓ -90%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $287.05 ↓ -88%
MedCost Ultra $658.79 ↓ -71%
MedCost PPO $658.79 ↓ -71%
Molina Managed Medicaid $778.87 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $795.30 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $851.96 ↓ -63%
Alliance Behavioral Health $979.65 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,050.39 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,178.96 ↓ -49%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,292.41 ↓ -44%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,392.38 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,392.38 ↓ -40%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,539.32 ↓ -33%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,614.95 ↓ -30%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1,810.70 ↓ -22%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,926.37 ↓ -16%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,966.41 ↓ -15%
Aetna Broad Network $2,037.60 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,224.45 ↓ -4%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,251.14 ↓ -2%
Magellan Behavioral Health $2,669.34 ↑ +16%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,713.83 ↑ +18%
GMMI Commercial $2,891.79 ↑ +25%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,891.79 ↑ +25%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,003.01 ↑ +30%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $3,203.21 ↑ +39%
ChoiceCare Commercial $3,203.21 ↑ +39%
Cigna Behavioral Health $3,559.12 ↑ +54%
First Health Commercial $3,559.12 ↑ +54%
Healthgram Commercial $3,559.12 ↑ +54%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $3,559.12 ↑ +54%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $3,559.12 ↑ +54%
Provider Select Commercial $3,603.61 ↑ +56%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $3,648.10 ↑ +58%
Beechstreet Commercial $3,870.54 ↑ +68%
Multiplan Commercial $4,004.01 ↑ +74%
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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Insertion intra aortic balloon assist device percutaneous at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,306.83 $219.90 – $3,915.03
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,306.83 $217.72 – $4,092.99
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,306.83 $217.72 – $4,092.99
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $2,306.83 $217.72 – $4,092.99
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $2,306.83 $219.90 – $4,092.99
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,306.83 $217.72 – $4,226.46
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,306.83 $217.72 – $4,226.46
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,306.83 $217.72 – $4,226.46

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