Ablate bone tumor(s) cryo perq 20983 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

$5,675.28

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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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$11,350.55

Gross charge

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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.

$314.93 with Cigna Healthspring vs $10,442.51 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 $314.93 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage $321.23 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $325.95 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $326.85 ↓ -94%
Partners Managed Medicaid $337.76 ↓ -94%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $341.14 ↓ -94%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $341.14 ↓ -94%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $341.14 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $341.14 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $341.14 ↓ -94%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $341.14 ↓ -94%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $341.14 ↓ -94%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $344.52 ↓ -94%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $393.66 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2,039.69 ↓ -64%
Alliance Behavioral Health $2,499.39 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,679.86 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $3,007.90 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $3,297.33 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,525.48 ↓ -38%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $3,881.89 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $4,120.25 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $4,562.92 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $4,619.67 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $4,914.79 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $5,016.94 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $5,141.80 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $5,198.55 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $5,561.77 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $5,675.28 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $5,879.58 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $6,594.67 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $6,810.33 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $6,923.84 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $7,377.86 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $7,377.86 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $7,661.62 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $8,172.40 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $8,172.40 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $9,080.44 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $9,080.44 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $9,080.44 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $9,193.95 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $9,307.45 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $9,307.45 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $9,420.96 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $10,215.50 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $10,442.51 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Ablate bone tumor(s) cryo perq 20983 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $5,675.28 $314.93 – $9,988.48
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $5,675.28 $314.93 – $10,442.51
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $5,675.28 $314.93 – $10,442.51
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $5,675.28 $314.93 – $10,215.50
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $5,675.28 $314.93 – $10,442.51
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $5,675.28 $314.93 – $10,783.02
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $5,675.28 $314.93 – $10,783.02
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $5,675.28 $314.93 – $10,783.02

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