Blood gases ph venous 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

$46.68

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.

$93.35

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.

$7.92 with Partners vs $85.88 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
Partners Managed Medicaid $7.92 ↓ -83%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $8.00 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $8.00 ↓ -83%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $8.00 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $8.00 ↓ -83%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $8.00 ↓ -83%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $8.00 ↓ -83%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $8.00 ↓ -83%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $8.08 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare Advantage $11.22 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $11.39 ↓ -76%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $11.55 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $11.58 ↓ -75%
Molina Managed Medicaid $12.56 ↓ -73%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $13.75 ↓ -71%
Alliance Behavioral Health $20.56 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $24.74 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $27.12 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $30.85 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $31.03 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $31.93 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $33.89 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $37.53 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $37.99 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $40.42 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $40.83 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $41.26 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $42.29 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $42.75 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $45.74 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $46.68 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $48.36 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $54.24 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $56.01 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $56.94 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $60.68 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $60.68 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $63.01 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $67.21 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $67.21 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $74.68 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $74.68 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $74.68 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $75.61 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $76.55 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $76.55 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $77.48 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $84.02 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $85.88 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Blood gases ph venous at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $46.68 $8.00 – $82.15
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $46.68 $7.92 – $85.88
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $46.68 $7.92 – $85.88
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $46.68 $7.92 – $84.02
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $46.68 $8.00 – $85.88
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $46.68 $7.92 – $88.68
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $46.68 $7.92 – $88.68
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $46.68 $7.92 – $88.68

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