Amputation toe metatarsophalangeal joint 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

$4,310.30

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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$8,620.60

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.

$164.67 with Cigna Healthspring vs $7,930.95 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 $164.67 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $167.96 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $170.43 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $170.90 ↓ -96%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $205.84 ↓ -95%
Partners Managed Medicaid $260.31 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $262.91 ↓ -94%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $262.91 ↓ -94%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $262.91 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $262.91 ↓ -94%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $262.91 ↓ -94%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $262.91 ↓ -94%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $262.91 ↓ -94%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $265.52 ↓ -94%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,432.11 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,549.12 ↓ -64%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,898.26 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,035.32 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $2,284.46 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2,504.28 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,677.56 ↓ -38%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,948.25 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $3,129.28 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $3,465.48 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $3,508.58 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $3,732.72 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $3,810.31 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,905.13 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $3,948.23 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $4,224.09 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $4,310.30 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,465.47 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $5,008.57 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $5,172.36 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $5,258.57 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $5,603.39 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $5,603.39 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $5,818.91 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $6,206.83 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $6,206.83 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $6,896.48 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $6,896.48 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $6,896.48 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $6,982.69 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $7,068.89 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $7,068.89 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $7,155.10 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $7,758.54 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $7,930.95 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Amputation toe metatarsophalangeal joint at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $4,310.30 $164.67 – $7,586.13
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $4,310.30 $164.67 – $7,930.95
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $4,310.30 $164.67 – $7,930.95
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $4,310.30 $164.67 – $7,758.54
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $4,310.30 $164.67 – $7,930.95
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $4,310.30 $164.67 – $8,189.57
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $4,310.30 $164.67 – $8,189.57
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $4,310.30 $164.67 – $8,189.57

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