Ustekinumab 130 mg/26 ml intravenous solution 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

$4,249.73

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$8,499.45

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$13.25 with Humana vs $7,649.51 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

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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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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

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
Humana Medicare Advantage $13.25 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $13.45 ↓ -100%
Molina Managed Medicaid $13.50 ↓ -100%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $13.64 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $13.68 ↓ -100%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $14.64 ↓ -100%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $16.24 ↓ -100%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $1,853.73 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $1,869.88 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,871.58 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $1,886.88 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $1,888.58 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $1,888.58 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $1,907.28 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $1,925.98 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $1,945.52 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $2,252.35 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2,469.09 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2,633.98 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,633.98 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $2,773.37 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,940.81 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $3,085.30 ↓ -27%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,399.78 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $3,416.78 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $3,459.28 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $3,680.26 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $3,756.76 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,765.26 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $3,892.75 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $4,249.73 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $4,411.21 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $5,014.68 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $5,099.67 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $5,184.66 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $5,524.64 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $5,524.64 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $5,737.13 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $6,119.60 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $6,119.60 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $6,799.56 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $6,799.56 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $6,799.56 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $6,799.56 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $6,799.56 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $6,884.55 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $6,969.55 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $7,394.52 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $7,649.51 ↑ +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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Ustekinumab 130 mg/26 ml intravenous solution at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $4,249.73 $14.64 – $8,499.45
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $4,249.73 $13.25 – $7,819.49
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $4,249.73 $13.25 – $7,819.49
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $4,249.73 $13.25 – $7,819.49
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $4,249.73 $13.25 – $7,819.49
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $4,249.73 $13.25 – $8,074.48
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $4,249.73 $13.25 – $8,074.48
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $4,249.73 $13.25 – $8,074.48

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