Biopsy muscle percutaneous needle 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

$1,209.33

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.

$2,418.65

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.

$48.82 with Carolina Complete Health vs $2,225.16 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
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $48.82 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $48.82 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $48.82 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $48.82 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $48.82 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $52.74 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $53.79 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $54.59 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $54.74 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $187.08 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $192.65 ↓ -84%
Aetna Broad Network $483.24 ↓ -60%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $739.87 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $838.55 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $894.17 ↓ -26%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $899.74 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $972.30 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,047.28 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,069.04 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $1,146.44 ↓ -5%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,192.39 ↓ -1%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,192.39 ↓ -1%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,209.33 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,296.40 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $1,414.91 ↑ +17%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,572.12 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $1,620.50 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,632.59 ↑ +35%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,765.61 ↑ +46%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,886.55 ↑ +56%
Healthgram Commercial $1,934.92 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,983.29 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $2,055.85 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $2,225.16 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $2,225.16 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Biopsy muscle percutaneous needle at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,209.33 $48.82 – $2,128.41
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,209.33 $48.34 – $2,225.16
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,209.33 $48.34 – $2,225.16
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $1,209.33 $48.34 – $2,225.16
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $1,209.33 $48.34 – $2,176.79
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,209.33 $48.34 – $2,297.72
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,209.33 $48.34 – $2,297.72
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,209.33 $48.34 – $2,297.72

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