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Fragmenting of kidney stone 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

$2,535.35

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.

$5,070.70

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.

$467.69 with Trillium vs $4,665.04 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 $467.69 ↓ -82%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $472.37 ↓ -81%
Partners Managed Medicaid $472.37 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $472.37 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $472.37 ↓ -81%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $472.37 ↓ -81%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $472.37 ↓ -81%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $472.37 ↓ -81%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $477.04 ↓ -81%
Alliance Behavioral Health $519.75 ↓ -79%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $530.20 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare Advantage $540.80 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $548.76 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $550.27 ↓ -78%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $662.75 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $940.61 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,251.96 ↓ -51%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,343.74 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,473.04 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,647.47 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,734.18 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,840.66 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,038.42 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $2,063.77 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,195.61 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,241.25 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $2,322.38 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,388.30 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,535.35 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,626.62 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $2,728.04 ↑ +8%
MedCost PPO $3,032.28 ↑ +20%
Magellan Behavioral Health $3,042.42 ↑ +20%
GMMI Commercial $3,295.96 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,295.96 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,422.72 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $3,650.90 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $4,056.56 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $4,107.27 ↑ +62%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $4,157.97 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $4,208.68 ↑ +66%
First Health Commercial $4,208.68 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $4,563.63 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $4,665.04 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Fragmenting of kidney stone at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,535.35 $472.37 – $4,462.22
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,535.35 $467.69 – $6,783.74
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $2,535.35 $467.69 – $4,665.04
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $2,535.35 $467.69 – $6,783.74
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $2,535.35 $472.37 – $4,665.04
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,535.35 $467.69 – $4,817.17
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,535.35 $467.69 – $4,817.17
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,535.35 $467.69 – $4,817.17

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