Anal/urinary muscle study 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

$111.35

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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$222.70

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.

$24.78 with Cigna Healthspring vs $204.88 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 $24.78 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare Advantage $25.28 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $25.65 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $25.72 ↓ -77%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $30.98 ↓ -72%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $48.57 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $48.99 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $49.04 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $49.48 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $49.48 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $49.48 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $49.97 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $50.46 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $50.98 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $59.02 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $64.69 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $65.16 ↓ -41%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $71.60 ↓ -36%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $73.60 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $74.03 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $76.16 ↓ -32%
Aetna Broad Network $78.99 ↓ -29%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $80.84 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $89.53 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $96.43 ↓ -13%
MedCost PPO $96.61 ↓ -13%
MedCost Ultra $96.61 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $97.41 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $98.43 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $100.88 ↓ -9%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $111.35 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $115.36 ↑ +4%
Magellan Behavioral Health $133.62 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $135.85 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $144.76 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $144.76 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $150.32 ↑ +35%
Molina Managed Medicaid $155.77 ↑ +40%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $160.34 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $160.34 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $178.16 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $178.16 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $178.16 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $180.39 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $182.61 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $182.61 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $184.84 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $200.43 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $204.88 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Anal/urinary muscle study at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $111.35 $24.78 – $195.98
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $111.35 $22.27 – $204.88
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $111.35 $22.27 – $204.88
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $111.35 $24.78 – $200.43
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $111.35 $24.78 – $204.88
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $111.35 $24.78 – $211.57
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $111.35 $24.78 – $211.57
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $111.35 $24.78 – $211.57

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