Epoetin alfa, 100 units esrd 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

$992.43

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.

$1,984.85

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.

$56.46 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina vs $184.14 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $56.46 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $56.46 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $56.46 ↓ -94%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $61.23 ↓ -94%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $74.46 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $77.88 ↓ -92%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $79.34 ↓ -92%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $79.34 ↓ -92%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $79.34 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $80.46 ↓ -92%
Cigna Commercial NB $86.66 ↓ -91%
Employers Health Network Commercial $88.47 ↓ -91%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $94.87 ↓ -90%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $98.67 ↓ -90%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $98.67 ↓ -90%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $100.08 ↓ -90%
Aetna Broad Network $107.28 ↓ -89%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $107.28 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $115.69 ↓ -88%
MedCost Ultra $117.09 ↓ -88%
Quik Trip Commercial $130.10 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $131.30 ↓ -87%
MedCost PPO $134.10 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial SAR $135.10 ↓ -86%
Aetna First Health Commercial $146.11 ↓ -85%
ChoiceCare Commercial $156.12 ↓ -84%
Healthgram Commercial $160.12 ↓ -84%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $164.12 ↓ -83%
First Health Commercial $170.13 ↓ -83%
Multiplan Commercial $184.14 ↓ -81%
Beechstreet Commercial $184.14 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Humana Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —

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Epoetin alfa, 100 units esrd at other North-carolina hospitals

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AdventHealth Polk Columbus not published $0.82 – $0.82

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