X-ray hip with pelvis when performed bilateral >= 5 views 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

$374.13

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$748.25

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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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$13.75 with Partners vs $673.43 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
Partners Managed Medicaid $13.75 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $13.89 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $13.89 ↓ -96%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $13.89 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $13.89 ↓ -96%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $13.89 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $13.89 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $13.89 ↓ -96%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $14.03 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $14.05 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $14.33 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $14.54 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $14.58 ↓ -96%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $17.56 ↓ -95%
Molina Managed Medicaid $37.54 ↓ -90%
Alliance Behavioral Health $164.76 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $198.29 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $217.37 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $248.72 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $253.06 ↓ -32%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $258.89 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $271.61 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $300.80 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $304.54 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $323.99 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $327.28 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $330.73 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $331.47 ↓ -11%
Aetna Broad Network $342.70 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $374.13 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $378.61 ↑ +1%
MedCost Ultra $388.34 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $441.47 ↑ +18%
Magellan Behavioral Health $448.95 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $456.43 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $486.36 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $486.36 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $505.07 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $538.74 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $538.74 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $598.60 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $598.60 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $598.60 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $598.60 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $598.60 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $606.08 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $613.57 ↑ +64%
Beechstreet Commercial $650.98 ↑ +74%
Multiplan Commercial $673.43 ↑ +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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X-ray hip with pelvis when performed bilateral >= 5 views at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $374.13 $13.89 – $658.46
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $374.13 $13.75 – $688.39
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $374.13 $13.75 – $688.39
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $374.13 $13.75 – $688.39
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $374.13 $13.89 – $688.39
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $374.13 $13.75 – $710.84
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $374.13 $13.75 – $710.84
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $374.13 $13.75 – $710.84

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