Myocrd img pet rst&strs CT 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

$3,374.10

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.

$6,748.20

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.

$81.70 with Cigna Healthspring vs $6,073.38 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $81.70 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage $83.33 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $84.56 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $84.79 ↓ -97%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $102.13 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $1,471.78 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $1,484.60 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,485.95 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $1,498.10 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $1,499.45 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $1,499.45 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $1,514.30 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $1,529.14 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $1,544.66 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,788.27 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,960.35 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $2,201.94 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,243.10 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2,282.24 ↓ -32%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,334.88 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,449.60 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,712.78 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $2,746.52 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,921.97 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,951.66 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,982.70 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,989.45 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $3,090.68 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $3,374.10 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,414.59 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $3,502.32 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $3,981.44 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $4,048.92 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $4,116.40 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $4,386.33 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $4,386.33 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $4,555.04 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $4,858.70 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $4,858.70 ↑ +44%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $5,398.56 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $5,398.56 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $5,398.56 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $5,398.56 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $5,398.56 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $5,466.04 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $5,533.52 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $5,870.93 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $6,073.38 ↑ +80%
Optum Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Myocrd img pet rst&strs CT at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $3,374.10 $81.70 – $6,748.20
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $3,374.10 $81.70 – $6,208.34
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $3,374.10 $81.70 – $6,208.34
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $3,374.10 $81.70 – $6,208.34
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $3,374.10 $81.70 – $6,208.34
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $3,374.10 $81.70 – $6,410.79
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $3,374.10 $81.70 – $6,410.79
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $3,374.10 $81.70 – $6,410.79

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