Ultrasound retroperitoneal limited 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

$462.83

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.

$925.65

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.

$24.28 with Partners vs $833.09 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 $24.28 ↓ -95%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $24.52 ↓ -95%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $24.52 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $24.52 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $24.52 ↓ -95%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $24.52 ↓ -95%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $24.52 ↓ -95%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $24.52 ↓ -95%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $24.77 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $25.70 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage $26.21 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $26.60 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $26.67 ↓ -94%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $32.13 ↓ -93%
Aetna Broad Network $59.68 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $70.21 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $74.31 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $74.31 ↓ -84%
Molina Managed Medicaid $79.31 ↓ -83%
Alliance Behavioral Health $203.83 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $245.30 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $268.90 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $307.69 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $313.05 ↓ -32%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $320.27 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $336.01 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $376.74 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $400.81 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $409.14 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $462.83 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $468.38 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $480.41 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $546.13 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $555.39 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $564.65 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $601.67 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $601.67 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $624.81 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $666.47 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $666.47 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $740.52 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $740.52 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $740.52 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $740.52 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $740.52 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $749.78 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $759.03 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $805.32 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $833.09 ↑ +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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Ultrasound retroperitoneal limited at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $462.83 $24.52 – $814.57
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $462.83 $24.28 – $851.60
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $462.83 $24.28 – $851.60
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $462.83 $24.28 – $851.60
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $462.83 $24.52 – $851.60
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $462.83 $24.28 – $879.37
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $462.83 $24.28 – $879.37
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $462.83 $24.28 – $879.37

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