Azathioprine parenteral 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

$532.53

Cash price

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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.

$1,065.05

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.

$232.29 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $979.85 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 $232.29 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $234.31 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $234.52 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $236.65 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $236.65 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $236.65 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $239.00 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $241.34 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $243.79 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare Advantage $259.15 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $262.96 ↓ -51%
Molina Managed Medicaid $263.10 ↓ -51%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $266.77 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $267.56 ↓ -50%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $282.24 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $309.40 ↓ -42%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $317.58 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $325.37 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $330.06 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $330.06 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $347.53 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $364.25 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $386.61 ↓ -27%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $426.02 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $428.15 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $433.48 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $461.17 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $470.75 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $482.47 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $487.79 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $521.87 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $532.53 ↑ +0%
MedCost PPO $618.79 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $639.03 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $649.68 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $692.28 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $692.28 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $718.91 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $766.84 ↑ +44%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $766.84 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $852.04 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $852.04 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $852.04 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $862.69 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $873.34 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $873.34 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $883.99 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $958.55 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $979.85 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —

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Azathioprine parenteral at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $532.53 $202.36 – $1,065.05
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $532.53 $106.51 – $979.85
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $532.53 $106.51 – $979.85
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $532.53 $232.29 – $958.55
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $532.53 $259.15 – $979.85
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $532.53 $159.33 – $1,011.80
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $532.53 $130.68 – $1,011.80
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $532.53 $149.11 – $1,011.80

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