Analysis gene f2 20210g>a variant 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

$249.03

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.

$498.05

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.

$67.00 with Humana vs $458.21 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $67.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $67.99 ↓ -73%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $68.97 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $69.18 ↓ -72%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $82.11 ↓ -67%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $108.62 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $109.57 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $109.67 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $110.67 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $110.67 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $110.67 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $111.76 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $112.86 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $114.00 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $131.98 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $144.68 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $162.51 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $164.61 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $165.55 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $170.33 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $180.79 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $200.22 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $202.71 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $215.66 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $217.85 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $220.14 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $225.62 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $228.11 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $244.04 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $249.03 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $257.99 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $289.37 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $298.83 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $303.81 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $323.73 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $323.73 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $336.18 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $358.60 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $358.60 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $398.44 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $398.44 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $398.44 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $403.42 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $408.40 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $408.40 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $413.38 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $448.25 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $458.21 ↑ +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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Analysis gene f2 20210g>a variant at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $249.03 $94.63 – $498.05
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $249.03 $49.81 – $458.21
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $249.03 $49.81 – $458.21
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $249.03 $67.00 – $448.25
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $249.03 $67.00 – $458.21
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $249.03 $67.00 – $473.15
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $249.03 $61.11 – $473.15
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $249.03 $67.00 – $473.15

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