Transcath biopsy 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

$1,438.18

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.

$2,876.35

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.

$192.02 with Trillium vs $2,646.24 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 $192.02 ↓ -87%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $193.94 ↓ -87%
Partners Managed Medicaid $193.94 ↓ -87%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $193.94 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $193.94 ↓ -87%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $193.94 ↓ -87%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $193.94 ↓ -87%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $193.94 ↓ -87%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $195.86 ↓ -86%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $195.97 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare Advantage $199.89 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $202.83 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $203.39 ↓ -86%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $244.96 ↓ -83%
Alliance Behavioral Health $294.83 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $533.56 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $710.17 ↓ -51%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $762.23 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $835.58 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $934.53 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $983.71 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,044.12 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,156.29 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1,170.67 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,245.46 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,271.35 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $1,317.37 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,354.76 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,438.18 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,489.95 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $1,547.48 ↑ +8%
MedCost PPO $1,720.06 ↑ +20%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,725.81 ↑ +20%
GMMI Commercial $1,869.63 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,869.63 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,941.54 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $2,070.97 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $2,301.08 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $2,329.84 ↑ +62%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,358.61 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $2,387.37 ↑ +66%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,387.37 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $2,588.72 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $2,646.24 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Transcath biopsy at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,438.18 $193.94 – $2,531.19
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,438.18 $192.02 – $2,646.24
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $1,438.18 $192.02 – $2,646.24
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $1,438.18 $192.02 – $2,588.72
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $1,438.18 $193.94 – $2,646.24
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,438.18 $192.02 – $2,732.53
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,438.18 $192.02 – $2,732.53
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,438.18 $192.02 – $2,732.53

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