Carbohydrate deficient transf - sendout 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

$250.80

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.

$501.60

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.

$18.42 with Humana vs $461.47 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 $18.42 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $18.69 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $18.96 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $19.02 ↓ -92%
Partners Managed Medicaid $22.27 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $22.49 ↓ -91%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $22.49 ↓ -91%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $22.49 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $22.49 ↓ -91%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $22.49 ↓ -91%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $22.49 ↓ -91%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $22.49 ↓ -91%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $22.58 ↓ -91%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $22.72 ↓ -91%
Molina Managed Medicaid $26.76 ↓ -89%
Alliance Behavioral Health $110.45 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $132.92 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $145.71 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $165.78 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $166.73 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $171.55 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $182.08 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $201.64 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $204.15 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $217.19 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $219.40 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $221.71 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $227.22 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $229.73 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $245.78 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $250.80 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $259.83 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $291.43 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $300.96 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $305.98 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $326.04 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $326.04 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $338.58 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $361.15 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $361.15 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $401.28 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $401.28 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $401.28 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $406.30 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $411.31 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $411.31 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $416.33 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $451.44 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $461.47 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Carbohydrate deficient transf - sendout at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $250.80 $22.49 – $441.41
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $250.80 $18.42 – $461.47
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $250.80 $18.42 – $461.47
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $250.80 $18.42 – $451.44
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $250.80 $18.42 – $461.47
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $250.80 $18.42 – $476.52
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $250.80 $18.42 – $476.52
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $250.80 $18.42 – $476.52

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