Pul art balloon repr percut 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

$15,345.45

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.

$30,690.90

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.

$261.30 with Molina vs $27,621.81 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
Molina Managed Medicaid $261.30 ↓ -98%
Partners Managed Medicaid $516.87 ↓ -97%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $522.04 ↓ -97%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $522.04 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $522.04 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $522.04 ↓ -97%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $522.04 ↓ -97%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $522.04 ↓ -97%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $522.04 ↓ -97%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $527.21 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $565.05 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $576.35 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $584.83 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $586.44 ↓ -96%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $706.31 ↓ -95%
Aetna Broad Network $1,338.98 ↓ -91%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,926.96 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,090.37 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,090.37 ↓ -86%
Alliance Behavioral Health $6,758.14 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $8,133.09 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $8,915.71 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $10,201.66 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $10,379.66 ↓ -32%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $10,619.05 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $11,140.80 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $12,491.20 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $13,289.16 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $13,565.38 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $15,345.45 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $15,529.60 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $15,928.58 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $18,107.63 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $18,414.54 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $18,721.45 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $19,949.09 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $19,949.09 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $20,716.36 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $22,097.45 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $22,097.45 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $24,552.72 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $24,552.72 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $24,552.72 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $24,552.72 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $24,552.72 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $24,859.63 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $25,166.54 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $26,701.08 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $27,621.81 ↑ +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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Pul art balloon repr percut at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $15,345.45 $522.04 – $27,007.99
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $15,345.45 $261.30 – $28,235.63
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $15,345.45 $516.87 – $28,235.63
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $15,345.45 $516.87 – $28,235.63
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $15,345.45 $522.04 – $28,235.63
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $15,345.45 $516.87 – $29,156.36
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $15,345.45 $516.87 – $29,156.36
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $15,345.45 $516.87 – $29,156.36

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