88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at Atrium Health Mercy

2001 Vail Ave, Charlotte, NC · Atrium Health · · NPI 1376985135

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 4, 2025 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$58.83

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.

$117.65

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.

$17.37 with Cigna Healthspring vs $108.24 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $17.37 ↓ -70%
Humana Medicare Advantage $17.72 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $17.98 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $18.03 ↓ -69%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $21.71 ↓ -63%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $25.66 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $25.88 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $25.91 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $26.14 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $26.14 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $26.14 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $26.40 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $26.66 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $26.93 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $29.47 ↓ -50%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $31.18 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $34.18 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $38.88 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $39.11 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $40.24 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $42.71 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $47.30 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $47.88 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $50.94 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $51.46 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $52.00 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $53.30 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $53.88 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $57.65 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $58.83 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $60.94 ↑ +4%
Molina Managed Medicaid $64.89 ↑ +10%
MedCost PPO $68.35 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $70.59 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $71.77 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $76.47 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $76.47 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $79.41 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $84.71 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $84.71 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $94.12 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $94.12 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $94.12 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $95.30 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $96.47 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $96.47 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $97.65 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $105.89 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $108.24 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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88334 ap bill cytologic exam each additional site at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $58.83 $17.37 – $103.53
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $58.83 $11.77 – $108.24
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $58.83 $11.77 – $108.24
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $58.83 $17.37 – $105.89
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $58.83 $17.37 – $108.24
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $58.83 $17.37 – $111.77
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $58.83 $14.44 – $111.77
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $58.83 $16.47 – $111.77

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