Car-t therapy receipt & prepj car-t cells f/admn 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

$2,840.75

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.

$5,681.50

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.

$37.40 with Humana vs $5,226.98 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 $37.40 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $37.95 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $38.50 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $38.62 ↓ -99%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $45.84 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $1,239.14 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $1,249.93 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,251.07 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $1,262.43 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $1,262.43 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $1,262.43 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $1,274.93 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $1,287.43 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $1,300.50 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,505.60 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,650.48 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $1,853.87 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,877.74 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,888.53 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,943.07 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,062.38 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,283.96 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $2,312.37 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,460.09 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,485.09 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,511.22 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,573.72 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $2,602.13 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $2,783.94 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,840.75 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,943.02 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $3,300.95 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $3,408.90 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,465.72 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,692.98 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $3,692.98 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,835.01 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $4,090.68 ↑ +44%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $4,090.68 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $4,545.20 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $4,545.20 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $4,545.20 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $4,602.02 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $4,658.83 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $4,658.83 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $4,715.65 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $5,113.35 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $5,226.98 ↑ +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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Car-t therapy receipt & prepj car-t cells f/admn at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,840.75 $1,079.49 – $5,681.50
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,840.75 $37.40 – $5,226.98
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $2,840.75 $37.40 – $5,226.98
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $2,840.75 $37.40 – $5,113.35
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $2,840.75 $37.40 – $5,226.98
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,840.75 $37.40 – $5,397.43
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,840.75 $37.40 – $5,397.43
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,840.75 $37.40 – $5,397.43

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