Intro cath dialysis circuit w/stent plcmnt 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

$21,832.30

Cash price

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$43,664.60

Gross charge

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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.

$253.11 with Partners vs $39,298.14 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 $253.11 ↓ -99%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $255.64 ↓ -99%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $255.64 ↓ -99%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $255.64 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $255.64 ↓ -99%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $255.64 ↓ -99%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $255.64 ↓ -99%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $255.64 ↓ -99%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $258.17 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $282.85 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare Advantage $288.51 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $292.75 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $293.56 ↓ -99%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $353.56 ↓ -98%
Molina Managed Medicaid $4,426.68 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $8,361.77 ↓ -62%
Alliance Behavioral Health $9,614.94 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $10,309.21 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $11,571.12 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $12,684.57 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $13,562.22 ↓ -38%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $15,107.95 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $15,850.25 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $17,553.17 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $17,771.49 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $18,906.77 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $19,299.75 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $19,343.42 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $19,998.39 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $21,832.30 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $22,094.29 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $22,661.93 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $25,762.11 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $26,198.76 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $26,635.41 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $28,381.99 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $28,381.99 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $29,473.61 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $31,438.51 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $31,438.51 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $34,931.68 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $34,931.68 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $34,931.68 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $34,931.68 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $34,931.68 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $35,368.33 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $35,804.97 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $37,988.20 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $39,298.14 ↑ +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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Intro cath dialysis circuit w/stent plcmnt at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $21,832.30 $255.64 – $38,424.85
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $21,832.30 $253.11 – $40,171.43
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $21,832.30 $253.11 – $40,171.43
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $21,832.30 $253.11 – $40,171.43
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $21,832.30 $255.64 – $40,171.43
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $21,832.30 $253.11 – $41,481.37
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $21,832.30 $253.11 – $41,481.37
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $21,832.30 $253.11 – $41,481.37

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