Mayo fat/lipids feces quantitative 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

$181.18

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.

$362.35

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.

$4.27 with Molina vs $326.12 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
Molina Managed Medicaid $4.27 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage $17.14 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $17.39 ↓ -90%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $17.64 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $17.69 ↓ -90%
Partners Managed Medicaid $20.72 ↓ -89%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $20.93 ↓ -88%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $20.93 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $20.93 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $20.93 ↓ -88%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $20.93 ↓ -88%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $20.93 ↓ -88%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $20.93 ↓ -88%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $21.00 ↓ -88%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $21.13 ↓ -88%
Alliance Behavioral Health $79.79 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $96.02 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $105.26 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $120.45 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $122.55 ↓ -32%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $125.37 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $131.53 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $145.66 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $147.48 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $156.90 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $158.49 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $160.16 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $160.52 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $165.96 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $181.18 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $183.35 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $188.06 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $213.79 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $217.41 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $221.03 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $235.53 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $235.53 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $244.59 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $260.89 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $260.89 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $289.88 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $289.88 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $289.88 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $289.88 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $289.88 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $293.50 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $297.13 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $315.24 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $326.12 ↑ +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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Mayo fat/lipids feces quantitative at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $181.18 $20.93 – $318.87
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $181.18 $4.27 – $333.36
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $181.18 $17.14 – $333.36
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $181.18 $17.14 – $333.36
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $181.18 $17.14 – $333.36
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $181.18 $17.14 – $344.23
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $181.18 $17.14 – $344.23
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $181.18 $17.14 – $344.23

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