Trnsfr/rearrngmnt adjcnt tiss any area 30.1-60sqcm 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

$6,288.35

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.

$12,576.70

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.

$532.36 with Partners vs $11,319.03 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
Partners Managed Medicaid $532.36 ↓ -92%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $537.68 ↓ -91%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $537.68 ↓ -91%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $537.68 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $537.68 ↓ -91%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $537.68 ↓ -91%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $537.68 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $537.68 ↓ -91%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $543.01 ↓ -91%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $799.15 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare Advantage $815.13 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $827.12 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $829.40 ↓ -87%
Molina Managed Medicaid $879.37 ↓ -86%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $998.94 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,855.36 ↓ -70%
MedCost PPO $2,212.23 ↓ -65%
MedCost Ultra $2,212.23 ↓ -65%
Aetna Broad Network $2,278.97 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,343.09 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,343.09 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2,408.44 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,441.23 ↓ -61%
Alliance Behavioral Health $2,769.39 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $3,332.83 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $3,653.53 ↓ -42%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $4,351.54 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $4,565.34 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $5,118.72 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $5,445.71 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $5,558.90 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $6,288.35 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $6,363.81 ↑ +1%
Magellan Behavioral Health $7,546.02 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $7,671.79 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $8,174.86 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $8,174.86 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $8,489.27 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $9,055.22 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $9,055.22 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $10,061.36 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $10,061.36 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $10,061.36 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $10,061.36 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $10,061.36 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $10,187.13 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $10,312.89 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $10,941.73 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $11,319.03 ↑ +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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Trnsfr/rearrngmnt adjcnt tiss any area 30.1-60sqcm at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $6,288.35 $532.36 – $11,067.50
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $6,288.35 $532.36 – $11,570.56
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $6,288.35 $532.36 – $11,570.56
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $6,288.35 $532.36 – $11,570.56
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $6,288.35 $537.68 – $11,570.56
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $6,288.35 $532.36 – $11,947.87
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $6,288.35 $532.36 – $11,947.87
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $6,288.35 $532.36 – $11,947.87

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