#afb mycobacteria suscep. #1 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

$230.70

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.

$461.40

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.

$6.97 with Partners vs $424.49 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
Partners Managed Medicaid $6.97 ↓ -97%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $7.04 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $7.04 ↓ -97%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $7.04 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $7.04 ↓ -97%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $7.04 ↓ -97%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $7.04 ↓ -97%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $7.04 ↓ -97%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $7.11 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $7.46 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $7.57 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $7.68 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $7.70 ↓ -97%
Molina Managed Medicaid $8.38 ↓ -96%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $9.14 ↓ -96%
Alliance Behavioral Health $101.60 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $122.27 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $134.04 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $152.49 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $153.37 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $157.80 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $167.49 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $185.48 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $187.79 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $199.79 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $201.82 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $203.94 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $209.01 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $211.32 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $226.09 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $230.70 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $239.01 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $268.07 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $276.84 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $281.45 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $299.91 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $299.91 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $311.45 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $332.21 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $332.21 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $369.12 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $369.12 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $369.12 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $373.73 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $378.35 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $378.35 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $382.96 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $415.26 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $424.49 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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#afb mycobacteria suscep. #1 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $230.70 $7.04 – $406.03
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $230.70 $6.97 – $424.49
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $230.70 $6.97 – $424.49
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $230.70 $6.97 – $415.26
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $230.70 $7.04 – $424.49
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $230.70 $6.97 – $438.33
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $230.70 $6.97 – $438.33
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $230.70 $6.97 – $438.33

All North-carolina hospitals for this procedure →