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Fragmenting of kidney stone 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

$2,535.35

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.

$5,070.70

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.

$472.37 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $4,665.04 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 $472.37 ↓ -81%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $472.37 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $472.37 ↓ -81%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $472.37 ↓ -81%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $472.37 ↓ -81%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $530.20 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare Advantage $540.80 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $548.76 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $550.27 ↓ -78%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,551.13 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,758.01 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,874.64 ↓ -26%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,886.30 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,038.42 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,195.61 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,241.25 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,313.25 ↓ -9%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $2,403.51 ↓ -5%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $2,499.86 ↓ -1%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,499.86 ↓ -1%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,535.35 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $2,717.90 ↑ +7%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,717.90 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $2,966.36 ↑ +17%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,295.96 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,326.38 ↑ +31%
MedCost PPO $3,397.37 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,422.72 ↑ +35%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,701.61 ↑ +46%
ChoiceCare Commercial $3,955.15 ↑ +56%
Healthgram Commercial $4,056.56 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $4,157.97 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $4,310.10 ↑ +70%
Multiplan Commercial $4,665.04 ↑ +84%
Beechstreet Commercial $4,665.04 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Fragmenting of kidney stone at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,535.35 $472.37 – $4,462.22
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,535.35 $467.69 – $6,783.74
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,535.35 $467.69 – $4,665.04
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $2,535.35 $467.69 – $4,665.04
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $2,535.35 $467.69 – $6,783.74
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,535.35 $467.69 – $4,817.17
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,535.35 $467.69 – $4,817.17
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,535.35 $467.69 – $4,817.17

All North-carolina hospitals for this procedure →