X-ray exam thorac spine4/>vw 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

$356.55

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.

$713.10

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.

$9.17 with Healthy Blue vs $656.05 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 $9.17 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $9.17 ↓ -97%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $9.17 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $9.17 ↓ -97%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $9.17 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $11.00 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $11.22 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $11.39 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $11.42 ↓ -97%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $218.14 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $247.23 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $263.63 ↓ -26%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $265.27 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $286.67 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $308.77 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $315.19 ↓ -12%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $325.32 ↓ -9%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $338.01 ↓ -5%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $351.56 ↓ -1%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $351.56 ↓ -1%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $356.55 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $382.22 ↑ +7%
Aetna Broad Network $382.22 ↑ +7%
MedCost Ultra $417.16 ↑ +17%
Quik Trip Commercial $463.52 ↑ +30%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $467.79 ↑ +31%
MedCost PPO $477.78 ↑ +34%
Cigna Commercial SAR $481.34 ↑ +35%
Aetna First Health Commercial $520.56 ↑ +46%
ChoiceCare Commercial $556.22 ↑ +56%
Healthgram Commercial $570.48 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $584.74 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $606.14 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $656.05 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $656.05 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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X-ray exam thorac spine4/>vw at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $356.55 $9.17 – $627.53
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $356.55 $9.08 – $656.05
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $356.55 $9.08 – $656.05
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $356.55 $9.08 – $656.05
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $356.55 $9.08 – $641.79
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $356.55 $9.08 – $677.45
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $356.55 $9.08 – $677.45
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $356.55 $9.08 – $677.45

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