Consultation/report referred material w/preparation of slides 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

$181.55

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.

$363.10

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.

$26.87 with Cigna Healthspring vs $334.05 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $26.87 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare Advantage $27.41 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $27.81 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $27.89 ↓ -85%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $33.59 ↓ -81%
Partners Managed Medicaid $36.31 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $36.85 ↓ -80%
Alliance Behavioral Health $37.22 ↓ -79%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $37.54 ↓ -79%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $37.54 ↓ -79%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $37.54 ↓ -79%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $37.91 ↓ -79%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $38.49 ↓ -79%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $38.67 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $54.32 ↓ -70%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $96.22 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $105.48 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $105.52 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $107.30 ↓ -41%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $124.18 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $131.81 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $141.17 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $145.97 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $147.78 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $157.22 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $160.49 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $166.30 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $171.02 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $181.55 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $188.09 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $195.35 ↑ +8%
MedCost PPO $217.13 ↑ +20%
Magellan Behavioral Health $217.86 ↑ +20%
GMMI Commercial $236.02 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $236.02 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $245.09 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $261.43 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $290.48 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $294.11 ↑ +62%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $297.74 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $301.37 ↑ +66%
Aetna First Health Commercial $301.37 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $326.79 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $334.05 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Consultation/report referred material w/preparation of slides at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $181.55 $26.87 – $319.53
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $181.55 $20.80 – $334.05
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $181.55 $26.87 – $334.05
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $181.55 $20.80 – $326.79
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $181.55 $26.87 – $334.05
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $181.55 $26.87 – $344.95
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $181.55 $26.87 – $344.95
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $181.55 $26.87 – $344.95

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