Prolonged IV inf, req pump 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

$217.83

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.

$435.65

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.

$62.81 with Molina vs $394.34 with Ortho Carolina — 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 $62.81 ↓ -71%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $95.02 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $95.84 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $95.93 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $96.71 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $96.80 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $96.80 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $97.76 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $98.72 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $99.72 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $115.45 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $126.56 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $142.15 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $144.81 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $147.34 ↓ -32%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $150.73 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $158.14 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $175.13 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $177.31 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $188.64 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $190.55 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $192.56 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $192.99 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $199.53 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $217.83 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $220.44 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $226.10 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $257.03 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $261.39 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $265.75 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $283.17 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $283.17 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $294.06 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $313.67 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $313.67 ↑ +44%
Humana Medicare Advantage $321.78 ↑ +48%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $326.51 ↑ +50%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $331.24 ↑ +52%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $332.22 ↑ +53%
Healthgram Commercial $348.52 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $348.52 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $348.52 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $348.52 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $348.52 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $352.88 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $357.23 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $379.02 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $392.09 ↑ +80%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $394.34 ↑ +81%
Optum Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Prolonged IV inf, req pump at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $217.83 $82.77 – $435.65
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $217.83 $62.81 – $400.80
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $217.83 $43.57 – $400.80
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $217.83 $43.57 – $400.80
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $217.83 $133.27 – $400.80
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $217.83 $65.17 – $413.87
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $217.83 $53.45 – $413.87
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $217.83 $60.99 – $413.87

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