Treatment of heel fracture 28400 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

$337.78

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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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$675.55

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 $608.00 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 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $129.37 ↓ -62%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $147.34 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $148.62 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $148.76 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $149.97 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $150.11 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $150.11 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $151.59 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $153.08 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $154.63 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $157.10 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $159.50 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $179.02 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $196.25 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $209.83 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $218.20 ↓ -35%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $218.45 ↓ -35%
Humana Medicare Advantage $222.82 ↓ -34%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $226.10 ↓ -33%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $226.72 ↓ -33%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $233.74 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $245.22 ↓ -27%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $273.06 ↓ -19%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $274.95 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $292.51 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $298.59 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $299.27 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $309.40 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $337.78 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $341.83 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $350.61 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $398.57 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $405.33 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $412.09 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $439.11 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $439.11 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $456.00 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $486.40 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $486.40 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $540.44 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $540.44 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $540.44 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $540.44 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $540.44 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $547.20 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $553.95 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $587.73 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $608.00 ↑ +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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Treatment of heel fracture 28400 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $337.78 $126.33 – $594.48
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $337.78 $75.38 – $621.51
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $337.78 $67.56 – $621.51
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $337.78 $67.56 – $621.51
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $337.78 $157.10 – $621.51
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $337.78 $101.06 – $641.77
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $337.78 $82.89 – $641.77
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $337.78 $94.58 – $641.77

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