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Drainage of kidney lesion 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

$1,021.75

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.

$2,043.50

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.

$83.39 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $1,880.02 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 $83.39 ↓ -92%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $83.39 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $83.39 ↓ -92%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $83.39 ↓ -92%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $83.39 ↓ -92%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $86.27 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare Advantage $88.00 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $89.29 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $89.54 ↓ -91%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $625.11 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $708.48 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $755.48 ↓ -26%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $760.18 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $821.49 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $884.84 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $903.23 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $932.24 ↓ -9%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $968.62 ↓ -5%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,007.45 ↓ -1%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,007.45 ↓ -1%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,021.75 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $1,095.32 ↑ +7%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,095.32 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $1,195.45 ↑ +17%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,328.28 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,340.54 ↑ +31%
MedCost PPO $1,369.15 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,379.36 ↑ +35%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,491.76 ↑ +46%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,593.93 ↑ +56%
Healthgram Commercial $1,634.80 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,675.67 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $1,736.98 ↑ +70%
Multiplan Commercial $1,880.02 ↑ +84%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,880.02 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Drainage of kidney lesion at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,021.75 $83.39 – $1,798.28
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,021.75 $82.56 – $1,880.02
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,021.75 $82.56 – $1,880.02
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $1,021.75 $82.56 – $1,880.02
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $1,021.75 $82.56 – $1,839.15
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,021.75 $82.56 – $1,941.33
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,021.75 $82.56 – $1,941.33
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,021.75 $82.56 – $1,941.33

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