Treat thigh fracture 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

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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.

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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.

$701.78 with Partners vs $1,102.65 with Ortho Carolina — 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 $701.78
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $708.80
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $708.80
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $708.80
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $708.80
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $708.80
Vaya Managed Medicaid $708.80
Trillium Managed Medicaid $708.80
Alliance Managed Medicaid $715.82
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $882.12
Humana Medicare Advantage $899.76
Aetna Medicare Advantage $912.99
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $915.51
Ortho Carolina Commercial $1,102.65

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Treat thigh fracture at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte not published $708.80 – $926.23
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte not published $701.78 – $1,102.65
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte not published $701.78 – $1,102.65
Atrium Health University City Charlotte not published $701.78 – $1,102.65
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte not published $708.80 – $912.99
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro not published $701.78 – $912.99
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord not published $701.78 – $1,102.65
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby not published $701.78 – $912.99

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