Pt application of modality >=1 area electrical stimulation each 15 minutes 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

$74.78

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$149.55

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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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$13.07 with Partners vs $134.60 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

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 $13.07 ↓ -83%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $13.20 ↓ -82%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $13.20 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $13.20 ↓ -82%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $13.20 ↓ -82%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $13.20 ↓ -82%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $13.20 ↓ -82%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $13.20 ↓ -82%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $13.33 ↓ -82%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $13.69 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage $13.96 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $14.17 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $14.21 ↓ -81%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $17.11 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $32.93 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $39.63 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $43.44 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $49.71 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $50.58 ↓ -32%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $51.74 ↓ -31%
Molina Managed Medicaid $52.77 ↓ -29%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $54.29 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $60.12 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $60.87 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $64.76 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $65.41 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $66.10 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $66.25 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $68.49 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $74.78 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $75.67 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $77.62 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $88.23 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $89.73 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $91.23 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $97.21 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $97.21 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $100.95 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $107.68 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $107.68 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $119.64 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $119.64 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $119.64 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $119.64 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $119.64 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $121.14 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $122.63 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $130.11 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $134.60 ↑ +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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Pt application of modality >=1 area electrical stimulation each 15 minutes at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $74.78 $13.20 – $131.60
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $74.78 $13.07 – $137.59
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $74.78 $13.07 – $137.59
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $74.78 $13.07 – $137.59
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $74.78 $13.20 – $137.59
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $74.78 $13.07 – $142.07
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $74.78 $13.07 – $142.07
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $74.78 $13.07 – $142.07

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