Catheter stripping 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

$622.85

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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$1,245.70

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.

$154.84 with Partners vs $1,146.04 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 $154.84 ↓ -75%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $156.39 ↓ -75%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $156.39 ↓ -75%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $156.39 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $156.39 ↓ -75%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $156.39 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $156.39 ↓ -75%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $156.39 ↓ -75%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $157.94 ↓ -75%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $164.40 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage $167.69 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $170.15 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $170.62 ↓ -73%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $205.50 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $223.85 ↓ -64%
Alliance Behavioral Health $274.30 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $294.11 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $330.11 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $361.88 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $386.91 ↓ -38%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $426.03 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $452.19 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $500.77 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $507.00 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $539.39 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $550.60 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $564.30 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $570.53 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $610.39 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $622.85 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $645.27 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $723.75 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $747.42 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $759.88 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $809.71 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $809.71 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $840.85 ↑ +35%
Molina Managed Medicaid $879.37 ↑ +41%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $896.90 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $896.90 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $996.56 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $996.56 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $996.56 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $1,009.02 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $1,021.47 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,021.47 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $1,033.93 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,121.13 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,146.04 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Catheter stripping venous at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $622.85 $156.39 – $1,096.22
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $622.85 $124.57 – $1,146.04
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $622.85 $124.57 – $1,146.04
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $622.85 $154.84 – $1,121.13
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $622.85 $156.39 – $1,146.04
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $622.85 $154.84 – $1,183.42
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $622.85 $152.85 – $1,183.42
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $622.85 $154.84 – $1,183.42

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