Tis cgen car anomal 1st shnt 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

$31,879.33

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.

$63,758.65

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.

$778.87 with Molina vs $57,382.79 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 $778.87 ↓ -98%
Partners Managed Medicaid $830.13 ↓ -97%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $838.43 ↓ -97%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $838.43 ↓ -97%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $838.43 ↓ -97%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $838.43 ↓ -97%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $838.43 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $838.43 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $838.43 ↓ -97%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $846.73 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $951.69 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $970.72 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $985.00 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $987.71 ↓ -97%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $1,189.61 ↓ -96%
Alliance Behavioral Health $14,039.65 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $16,896.04 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $18,521.89 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $21,193.38 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $21,563.18 ↓ -32%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $22,060.49 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $23,144.39 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $25,630.98 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $25,949.77 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $27,607.50 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $27,888.03 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $28,181.32 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $28,245.08 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $29,201.46 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $31,879.33 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $32,261.88 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $33,090.74 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $37,617.60 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $38,255.19 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $38,892.78 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $41,443.12 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $41,443.12 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $43,037.09 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $45,906.23 ↑ +44%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $45,906.23 ↑ +44%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $51,006.92 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $51,006.92 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $51,006.92 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $51,006.92 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $51,006.92 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $51,644.51 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $52,282.09 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $55,470.03 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $57,382.79 ↑ +80%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —
Optum Commercial not published by hospital —

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Tis cgen car anomal 1st shnt at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $31,879.33 $838.43 – $56,107.61
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $31,879.33 $778.87 – $58,657.96
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $31,879.33 $830.13 – $58,657.96
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $31,879.33 $830.13 – $58,657.96
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $31,879.33 $838.43 – $58,657.96
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $31,879.33 $830.13 – $60,570.72
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $31,879.33 $830.13 – $60,570.72
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $31,879.33 $830.13 – $60,570.72

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