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Treat ankle dislocation 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

$1,805.10

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.

$3,610.20

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.

$75.38 with Molina vs $3,249.18 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 $75.38 ↓ -96%
Partners Managed Medicaid $350.52 ↓ -81%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $354.03 ↓ -80%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $354.03 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $354.03 ↓ -80%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $354.03 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $354.03 ↓ -80%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $354.03 ↓ -80%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $354.03 ↓ -80%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $357.53 ↓ -80%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $461.09 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage $470.31 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $477.23 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $478.54 ↓ -73%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $576.36 ↓ -68%
Alliance Behavioral Health $794.97 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $956.70 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,048.76 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,166.09 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,249.13 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,310.50 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1,469.35 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,490.29 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,563.22 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,595.71 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,599.32 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $1,653.47 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,805.10 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $1,873.69 ↑ +4%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,961.06 ↑ +9%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,039.76 ↑ +13%
MedCost PPO $2,130.02 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $2,166.12 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,202.22 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $2,346.63 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,346.63 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $2,436.89 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $2,599.34 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $2,599.34 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2,749.17 ↑ +52%
Healthgram Commercial $2,888.16 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $2,888.16 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,888.16 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $2,888.16 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $2,888.16 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $2,924.26 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $2,960.36 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $3,140.87 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $3,249.18 ↑ +80%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Optum Commercial not published by hospital

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Treat ankle dislocation at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,805.10 $354.03 – $3,176.98
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,805.10 $75.38 – $3,321.38
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,805.10 $350.52 – $3,321.38
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $1,805.10 $350.52 – $3,321.38
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $1,805.10 $354.03 – $3,321.38
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,805.10 $350.52 – $3,429.69
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,805.10 $350.52 – $3,429.69
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,805.10 $350.52 – $3,429.69

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