Amplification real-time pcr dna markers infectious disease bacterial vaginosis and vaginitis 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

$369.60

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.

$739.20

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.

$161.22 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $680.06 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
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $161.22 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $162.62 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $162.77 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $164.25 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $164.25 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $164.25 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $165.88 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $167.50 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $169.20 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $195.89 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $214.74 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $241.20 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $244.31 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $245.71 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $252.81 ↓ -32%
Humana Medicare Advantage $268.25 ↓ -27%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $268.33 ↓ -27%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $272.19 ↓ -26%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $276.14 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $276.95 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $297.16 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $300.85 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $320.07 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $323.33 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $326.73 ↓ -12%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $328.74 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $334.86 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $338.55 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $362.21 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $369.60 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $382.91 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $429.48 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $443.52 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $450.91 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $480.48 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $480.48 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $498.96 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $532.22 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $532.22 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $591.36 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $591.36 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $591.36 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $598.75 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $606.14 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $606.14 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $613.54 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $665.28 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $680.06 ↑ +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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Amplification real-time pcr dna markers infectious disease bacterial vaginosis and vaginitis at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $369.60 $140.45 – $739.20
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $369.60 $73.92 – $680.06
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $369.60 $73.92 – $680.06
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $369.60 $161.22 – $665.28
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $369.60 $226.12 – $680.06
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $369.60 $110.58 – $702.24
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $369.60 $90.70 – $702.24
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $369.60 $103.49 – $702.24

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