Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath at Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte

1100 Blythe Blvd, Charlotte, NC · Atrium Health · · NPI 1790727550

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 5, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$317.65

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.

$635.30

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.

$194.34 with Ambetter vs $651.09 with United Healthcare — 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
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $194.34 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $220.26 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $234.87 ↓ -26%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $236.33 ↓ -26%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $247.20 ↓ -22%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $251.83 ↓ -21%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $251.83 ↓ -21%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $251.83 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $255.39 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $275.08 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $280.80 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $289.82 ↓ -9%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $301.13 ↓ -5%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $313.20 ↓ -1%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $313.20 ↓ -1%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $317.65 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $340.52 ↑ +7%
Aetna Broad Network $340.52 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $367.20 ↑ +16%
MedCost Ultra $371.65 ↑ +17%
Quik Trip Commercial $412.95 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $416.76 ↑ +31%
MedCost PPO $425.65 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial SAR $428.83 ↑ +35%
Aetna First Health Commercial $463.77 ↑ +46%
ChoiceCare Commercial $495.53 ↑ +56%
Healthgram Commercial $508.24 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $520.95 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $540.01 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $584.48 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $584.48 ↑ +84%
Humana Medicare Advantage $630.63 ↑ +99%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $639.90 ↑ +101%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $649.17 ↑ +104%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $651.09 ↑ +105%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Asp & inj w/heparin pleurx cath at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $317.65 $120.71 – $635.30
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $317.65 $114.16 – $735.03
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $317.65 $63.53 – $735.03
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $317.65 $63.53 – $735.03
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $317.65 $121.66 – $735.03
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $317.65 $95.04 – $617.43
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $317.65 $77.95 – $735.03
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $317.65 $88.94 – $609.60

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