All tstg perq&iq drugs/biol 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

$54.93

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.

$109.85

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.

$5.75 with Partners vs $101.06 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 $5.75 ↓ -90%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $5.81 ↓ -89%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $5.81 ↓ -89%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $5.81 ↓ -89%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $5.81 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $5.81 ↓ -89%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $5.81 ↓ -89%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $5.81 ↓ -89%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $5.87 ↓ -89%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $6.54 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage $6.67 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $6.77 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $6.79 ↓ -88%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $8.18 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $15.77 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $17.46 ↓ -68%
MedCost PPO $18.79 ↓ -66%
MedCost Ultra $18.79 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $20.75 ↓ -62%
Alliance Behavioral Health $24.19 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $29.11 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $31.91 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $36.31 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $37.57 ↓ -32%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $38.96 ↓ -29%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $39.88 ↓ -27%
Aetna Broad Network $42.98 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $44.16 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $47.57 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $48.55 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $54.93 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $56.90 ↑ +4%
Magellan Behavioral Health $65.91 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $67.01 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $71.40 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $71.40 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $74.15 ↑ +35%
Molina Managed Medicaid $75.38 ↑ +37%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $79.09 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $79.09 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $87.88 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $87.88 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $87.88 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $88.98 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $90.08 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $90.08 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $91.18 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $98.87 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $101.06 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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All tstg perq&iq drugs/biol at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $54.93 $5.81 – $96.67
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $54.93 $5.75 – $101.06
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $54.93 $5.75 – $101.06
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $54.93 $5.75 – $98.87
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $54.93 $5.81 – $101.06
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $54.93 $5.75 – $104.36
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $54.93 $5.75 – $104.36
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $54.93 $5.75 – $104.36

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