Aqmbf pet rest & rx stress 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

$920.63

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.

$1,841.25

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.

$24.45 with Cigna Healthspring vs $1,693.95 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 $24.45 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $24.94 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $25.31 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $25.38 ↓ -97%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $30.56 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $401.58 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $405.08 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $405.44 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $409.13 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $409.13 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $409.13 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $413.18 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $417.23 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $421.46 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $487.93 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $534.88 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $600.80 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $608.53 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $612.03 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $629.71 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $668.37 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $740.18 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $749.39 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $797.26 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $805.36 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $813.83 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $834.09 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $843.29 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $902.21 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $920.63 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $953.77 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $1,069.77 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,104.75 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,123.16 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $1,196.81 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,196.81 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,242.84 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $1,325.70 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,325.70 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $1,473.00 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $1,473.00 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $1,473.00 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $1,491.41 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $1,509.83 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,509.83 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $1,528.24 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,657.13 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,693.95 ↑ +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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Aqmbf pet rest & rx stress at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $920.63 $24.45 – $1,841.25
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $920.63 $24.45 – $1,693.95
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $920.63 $24.45 – $1,693.95
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $920.63 $24.45 – $1,657.13
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $920.63 $24.45 – $1,693.95
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $920.63 $24.45 – $1,749.19
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $920.63 $24.45 – $1,749.19
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $920.63 $24.45 – $1,749.19

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