CT upper extremity without contrast (both sides) 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

$1,607.53

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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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$3,215.05

Gross charge

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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.

$43.99 with Cigna Healthspring vs $2,957.85 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $43.99 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $44.87 ↓ -97%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $45.11 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $45.53 ↓ -97%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $45.56 ↓ -97%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $45.56 ↓ -97%
Partners Managed Medicaid $45.56 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $45.56 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $45.56 ↓ -97%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $45.56 ↓ -97%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $45.56 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $45.66 ↓ -97%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $46.01 ↓ -97%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $54.99 ↓ -97%
Alliance Behavioral Health $329.54 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $570.35 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $634.65 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $835.27 ↓ -48%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $851.99 ↓ -47%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $906.00 ↓ -44%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $933.97 ↓ -42%
Aetna Broad Network $1,020.00 ↓ -37%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,023.10 ↓ -36%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,099.55 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,167.06 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,292.45 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,392.12 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,421.05 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,514.29 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,607.53 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $1,729.70 ↑ +8%
MedCost PPO $1,922.60 ↑ +20%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,929.03 ↑ +20%
GMMI Commercial $2,089.78 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,089.78 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $2,170.16 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $2,314.84 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $2,572.04 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $2,604.19 ↑ +62%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,636.34 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $2,668.49 ↑ +66%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,668.49 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $2,893.55 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $2,957.85 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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CT upper extremity without contrast (both sides) at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,607.53 $43.99 – $2,829.24
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,607.53 $43.99 – $2,957.85
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $1,607.53 $43.99 – $2,957.85
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $1,607.53 $43.99 – $2,893.55
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $1,607.53 $43.99 – $2,957.85
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,607.53 $43.99 – $3,054.30
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,607.53 $43.99 – $3,054.30
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,607.53 $43.99 – $3,054.30

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