Chromosome analysis 5 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

$719.23

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.

$1,438.45

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.

$178.76 with Partners vs $1,323.37 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 $178.76 ↓ -75%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $180.55 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $180.55 ↓ -75%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $180.55 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $180.55 ↓ -75%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $180.55 ↓ -75%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $180.55 ↓ -75%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $180.55 ↓ -75%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $182.34 ↓ -75%
Molina Managed Medicaid $249.70 ↓ -65%
Humana Medicare Advantage $269.63 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $273.59 ↓ -62%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $277.56 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $278.38 ↓ -61%
Alliance Behavioral Health $316.75 ↓ -56%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $330.43 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $381.19 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $417.87 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $475.41 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $478.14 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $491.95 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $522.16 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $578.26 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $585.45 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $622.85 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $629.18 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $635.79 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $651.62 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $658.81 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $704.84 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $719.23 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $745.12 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $835.74 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $863.07 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $877.45 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $934.99 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $934.99 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $970.95 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $1,035.68 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,035.68 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $1,150.76 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $1,150.76 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $1,150.76 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $1,165.14 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $1,179.53 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,179.53 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $1,193.91 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,294.61 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,323.37 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Chromosome analysis 5 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $719.23 $180.55 – $1,265.84
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $719.23 $143.85 – $1,323.37
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $719.23 $143.85 – $1,323.37
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $719.23 $178.76 – $1,294.61
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $719.23 $180.55 – $1,323.37
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $719.23 $178.76 – $1,366.53
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $719.23 $176.50 – $1,366.53
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $719.23 $178.76 – $1,366.53

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