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Drain finger abscess;simple 26010 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

$314.38

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$628.75

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.

$94.93 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $578.45 with Beechstreet — 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
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $94.93 ↓ -70%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $94.93 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $94.93 ↓ -70%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $94.93 ↓ -70%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $94.93 ↓ -70%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $130.54 ↓ -58%
Humana Medicare Advantage $133.15 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $135.11 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $135.48 ↓ -57%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $192.33 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $203.09 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $217.99 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $232.45 ↓ -26%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $233.90 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial NB $272.25 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $277.91 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $286.84 ↓ -9%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $298.03 ↓ -5%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $309.97 ↓ -1%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $309.97 ↓ -1%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $314.38 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $337.01 ↑ +7%
Aetna Broad Network $337.01 ↑ +7%
MedCost PPO $341.66 ↑ +9%
MedCost Ultra $341.66 ↑ +9%
Quik Trip Commercial $408.69 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $412.46 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $424.41 ↑ +35%
Aetna First Health Commercial $458.99 ↑ +46%
ChoiceCare Commercial $490.43 ↑ +56%
Healthgram Commercial $503.00 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $515.58 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $534.44 ↑ +70%
Multiplan Commercial $578.45 ↑ +84%
Beechstreet Commercial $578.45 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Drain finger abscess;simple 26010 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $314.38 $94.93 – $553.30
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $314.38 $75.38 – $578.45
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $314.38 $62.88 – $578.45
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $314.38 $62.88 – $578.45
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $314.38 $75.38 – $565.88
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $314.38 $93.99 – $597.31
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $314.38 $77.15 – $597.31
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $314.38 $88.03 – $597.31

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