Intrvasc Ultrasound noncoronary 1st vessel 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

$1,833.53

Cash price

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Discounted cash price

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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.

$3,667.05

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.

$79.25 with Partners vs $3,300.35 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 $79.25 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $79.45 ↓ -96%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $80.04 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $80.04 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $80.04 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $80.04 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $80.04 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $80.04 ↓ -96%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $80.04 ↓ -96%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $80.84 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $81.04 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $82.23 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $82.46 ↓ -96%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $99.31 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $191.17 ↓ -90%
ChoiceCare Commercial $191.17 ↓ -90%
MedCost PPO $231.71 ↓ -87%
MedCost Ultra $231.71 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $238.06 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $500.93 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $500.93 ↓ -73%
Alliance Behavioral Health $807.48 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $865.79 ↓ -53%
Molina Managed Medicaid $893.60 ↓ -51%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $971.77 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,065.28 ↓ -42%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,268.80 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,331.14 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1,492.49 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,587.83 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,620.84 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $1,679.51 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,833.53 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,855.53 ↑ +1%
Magellan Behavioral Health $2,200.23 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,236.90 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $2,383.58 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,383.58 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $2,475.26 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $2,640.28 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $2,933.64 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $2,933.64 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $2,933.64 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,933.64 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $2,933.64 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $2,970.31 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $3,006.98 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $3,190.33 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $3,300.35 ↑ +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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Intrvasc Ultrasound noncoronary 1st vessel at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,833.53 $79.45 – $3,227.00
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,833.53 $79.25 – $3,373.69
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,833.53 $79.25 – $3,373.69
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $1,833.53 $79.25 – $3,373.69
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $1,833.53 $79.45 – $3,373.69
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,833.53 $79.25 – $3,483.70
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,833.53 $79.25 – $3,483.70
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,833.53 $79.25 – $3,483.70

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