Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at Atrium Health Pineville

10628 Park Rd, Charlotte, NC · Atrium Health · · NPI 1417432840

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 5, 2025 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$143.78

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.

$287.55

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.

$21.47 with Trillium vs $264.55 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
Trillium Managed Medicaid $21.47 ↓ -85%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $21.68 ↓ -85%
Partners Managed Medicaid $21.68 ↓ -85%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $21.68 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $21.68 ↓ -85%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $21.68 ↓ -85%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $21.68 ↓ -85%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $21.68 ↓ -85%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $21.90 ↓ -85%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $24.27 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare Advantage $24.76 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $25.12 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $25.19 ↓ -82%
Alliance Behavioral Health $29.47 ↓ -80%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $30.34 ↓ -79%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $76.20 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $83.53 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $83.56 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $84.97 ↓ -41%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $98.34 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $104.38 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $111.80 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $115.60 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $117.03 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $124.51 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $127.10 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $131.70 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $135.44 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $143.78 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $148.95 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $154.70 ↑ +8%
MedCost PPO $171.95 ↑ +20%
Magellan Behavioral Health $172.53 ↑ +20%
GMMI Commercial $186.91 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $186.91 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $194.10 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $207.04 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $230.04 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $232.92 ↑ +62%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $235.79 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $238.67 ↑ +66%
Aetna First Health Commercial $238.67 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $258.80 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $264.55 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Bundled special stain group 1 microorganisms at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $143.78 $21.68 – $253.04
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $143.78 $7.35 – $264.55
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $143.78 $21.47 – $264.55
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $143.78 $7.35 – $258.80
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $143.78 $21.68 – $264.55
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $143.78 $21.47 – $273.17
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $143.78 $21.47 – $273.17
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $143.78 $21.47 – $273.17

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