Prq av fstl crtj uxtr 1 acs 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

$23,513.33

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.

$47,026.65

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.

$282.90 with Partners vs $42,323.99 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 $282.90 ↓ -99%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $285.73 ↓ -99%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $285.73 ↓ -99%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $285.73 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $285.73 ↓ -99%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $285.73 ↓ -99%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $285.73 ↓ -99%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $285.73 ↓ -99%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $288.56 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $322.01 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare Advantage $328.45 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $333.28 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $334.20 ↓ -99%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $402.51 ↓ -98%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,432.11 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $9,005.60 ↓ -62%
Alliance Behavioral Health $10,355.27 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $11,102.99 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $12,462.06 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $13,661.24 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $14,606.48 ↓ -38%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $16,271.22 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $17,070.67 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $18,904.71 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $19,139.85 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $20,362.54 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $20,785.78 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $20,832.81 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $21,538.21 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $23,513.33 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $23,795.48 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $24,406.83 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $27,745.72 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $28,215.99 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $28,686.26 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $30,567.32 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $30,567.32 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $31,742.99 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $33,859.19 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $33,859.19 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $37,621.32 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $37,621.32 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $37,621.32 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $37,621.32 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $37,621.32 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $38,091.59 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $38,561.85 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $40,913.19 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $42,323.99 ↑ +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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Prq av fstl crtj uxtr 1 acs at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $23,513.33 $285.73 – $41,383.45
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $23,513.33 $282.90 – $43,264.52
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $23,513.33 $282.90 – $43,264.52
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $23,513.33 $282.90 – $43,264.52
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $23,513.33 $285.73 – $43,264.52
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $23,513.33 $282.90 – $44,675.32
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $23,513.33 $282.90 – $44,675.32
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $23,513.33 $282.90 – $44,675.32

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