X-ray knee 1-2 views (both sides) 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

$216.65

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.

$433.30

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.

$7.08 with Healthy Blue vs $398.64 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 $7.08 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $7.08 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $7.08 ↓ -97%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $7.08 ↓ -97%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $7.08 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $7.49 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $7.64 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $7.75 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $7.77 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $37.25 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $38.54 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $39.98 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $40.73 ↓ -81%
ChoiceCare Commercial $40.73 ↓ -81%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $48.96 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $50.71 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $52.65 ↓ -76%
Aetna Broad Network $54.02 ↓ -75%
MedCost Ultra $57.57 ↓ -73%
MedCost PPO $57.57 ↓ -73%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $132.55 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial NB $187.62 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $191.52 ↓ -12%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $213.62 ↓ -1%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $213.62 ↓ -1%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $216.65 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $232.25 ↑ +7%
Quik Trip Commercial $281.65 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $292.48 ↑ +35%
Aetna First Health Commercial $316.31 ↑ +46%
Healthgram Commercial $346.64 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $355.31 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $368.31 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $398.64 ↑ +84%
Multiplan Commercial $398.64 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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X-ray knee 1-2 views (both sides) at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $216.65 $7.08 – $381.30
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $216.65 $7.01 – $398.64
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $216.65 $7.01 – $398.64
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $216.65 $7.01 – $398.64
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $216.65 $7.01 – $389.97
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $216.65 $7.01 – $411.64
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $216.65 $7.01 – $411.64
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $216.65 $7.01 – $411.64

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