Ablation cryo abd perit om 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

$2,287.23

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.

$4,574.45

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.

$822.03 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina vs $4,208.49 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $822.03 ↓ -64%
Molina Managed Medicaid $879.37 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare Advantage $909.55 ↓ -60%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $922.92 ↓ -60%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $936.30 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $939.06 ↓ -59%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $997.69 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $1,006.38 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,007.29 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $1,016.44 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $1,016.44 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $1,016.44 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $1,026.51 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $1,036.57 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $1,047.09 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,080.03 ↓ -53%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $1,114.64 ↓ -51%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,212.23 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,328.88 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,420.82 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $1,492.64 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,564.46 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,660.53 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,838.93 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1,861.80 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,980.74 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,021.91 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,072.23 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $2,095.10 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $2,241.48 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,287.23 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,369.57 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $2,657.76 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $2,744.67 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,790.41 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $2,973.39 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,973.39 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,087.75 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $3,293.60 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $3,293.60 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $3,659.56 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $3,659.56 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $3,659.56 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $3,705.30 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $3,751.05 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $3,751.05 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $3,796.79 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $4,117.01 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $4,208.49 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Ablation cryo abd perit om at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,287.23 $869.15 – $4,574.45
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,287.23 $457.45 – $4,208.49
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $2,287.23 $457.45 – $4,208.49
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $2,287.23 $876.01 – $4,117.01
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $2,287.23 $956.31 – $4,208.49
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,287.23 $684.34 – $4,345.73
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,287.23 $561.29 – $4,345.73
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,287.23 $640.42 – $4,345.73

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