Warde adenosine deaminase pleural fluid 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

$118.43

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$236.85

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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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$8.26 with Humana vs $211.14 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

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 $8.26 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $8.38 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $8.51 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $8.53 ↓ -93%
Partners Managed Medicaid $8.62 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $8.71 ↓ -93%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $8.71 ↓ -93%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $8.71 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $8.71 ↓ -93%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $8.71 ↓ -93%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $8.71 ↓ -93%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $8.71 ↓ -93%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $8.79 ↓ -93%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $10.13 ↓ -91%
Molina Managed Medicaid $10.36 ↓ -91%
Alliance Behavioral Health $51.66 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $62.17 ↓ -48%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $68.15 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $77.98 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $79.34 ↓ -33%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $81.17 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $85.16 ↓ -28%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $94.31 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $95.48 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $101.58 ↓ -14%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $102.61 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $103.69 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $103.93 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $107.45 ↓ -9%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $117.30 ↓ -1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $118.71 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $121.76 ↑ +3%
MedCost PPO $138.41 ↑ +17%
Magellan Behavioral Health $140.76 ↑ +19%
Aetna First Health Commercial $143.11 ↑ +21%
GMMI Commercial $152.49 ↑ +29%
Quik Trip Commercial $152.49 ↑ +29%
Cigna Commercial SAR $158.36 ↑ +34%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $168.91 ↑ +43%
ChoiceCare Commercial $168.91 ↑ +43%
Cigna Behavioral Health $187.68 ↑ +58%
First Health Commercial $187.68 ↑ +58%
Healthgram Commercial $187.68 ↑ +58%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $187.68 ↑ +58%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $187.68 ↑ +58%
Provider Select Commercial $190.03 ↑ +60%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $192.37 ↑ +62%
Beechstreet Commercial $204.10 ↑ +72%
Multiplan Commercial $211.14 ↑ +78%
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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Warde adenosine deaminase pleural fluid at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $118.43 $8.71 – $206.45
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $118.43 $8.26 – $215.83
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $118.43 $8.26 – $215.83
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $118.43 $8.26 – $215.83
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $118.43 $8.26 – $215.83
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $118.43 $8.26 – $222.87
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $118.43 $8.26 – $222.87
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $118.43 $8.26 – $222.87

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