MRI orbit/face/neck without & w/contrast 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

$2,552.60

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.

$5,105.20

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.

$89.65 with Healthy Blue vs $4,696.78 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
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $89.65 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $89.65 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $89.65 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $89.65 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $89.65 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $95.19 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $97.09 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $98.52 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $98.79 ↓ -96%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,561.68 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,769.97 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,887.39 ↓ -26%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,899.13 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,052.29 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,210.55 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,256.50 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,328.99 ↓ -9%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $2,419.86 ↓ -5%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,516.86 ↓ -1%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $2,516.86 ↓ -1%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,552.60 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,736.39 ↑ +7%
Aetna Broad Network $2,736.39 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $2,986.54 ↑ +17%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,318.38 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,349.01 ↑ +31%
MedCost PPO $3,420.48 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,446.01 ↑ +35%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,726.80 ↑ +46%
ChoiceCare Commercial $3,982.06 ↑ +56%
Healthgram Commercial $4,084.16 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $4,186.26 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $4,339.42 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $4,696.78 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $4,696.78 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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MRI orbit/face/neck without & w/contrast at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,552.60 $89.65 – $4,492.58
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,552.60 $88.76 – $4,696.78
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,552.60 $88.76 – $4,696.78
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $2,552.60 $88.76 – $4,696.78
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $2,552.60 $88.76 – $4,594.68
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,552.60 $88.76 – $4,849.94
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,552.60 $88.76 – $4,849.94
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,552.60 $88.76 – $4,849.94

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