Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb 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

$2,945.18

Cash price

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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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$5,890.35

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.

$62.19 with Partners vs $5,301.32 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 $62.19 ↓ -98%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $62.81 ↓ -98%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $62.81 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $62.81 ↓ -98%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $62.81 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $62.81 ↓ -98%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $62.81 ↓ -98%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $62.81 ↓ -98%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $63.43 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $64.27 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage $65.56 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $66.52 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $66.70 ↓ -98%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $80.34 ↓ -97%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,297.06 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,560.94 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,711.15 ↓ -42%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,712.85 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,957.95 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,992.12 ↓ -32%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,038.06 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,138.20 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,367.92 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $2,397.37 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,550.52 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,576.44 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,603.53 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,609.43 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $2,697.78 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,945.18 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,980.52 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $3,057.09 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $3,475.31 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $3,534.21 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,593.11 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,828.73 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $3,828.73 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,975.99 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $4,241.05 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $4,241.05 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $4,712.28 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $4,712.28 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $4,712.28 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $4,712.28 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $4,712.28 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $4,771.18 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $4,830.09 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $5,124.60 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $5,301.32 ↑ +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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Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,945.18 $62.81 – $5,183.51
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,945.18 $62.19 – $5,419.12
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,945.18 $62.19 – $5,419.12
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $2,945.18 $62.19 – $5,419.12
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $2,945.18 $62.81 – $5,419.12
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,945.18 $62.19 – $5,595.83
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,945.18 $62.19 – $5,595.83
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,945.18 $62.19 – $5,595.83

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