Cltx lunate dislc w/mnpj 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

$187.70

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.

$375.40

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.

$75.38 with Molina vs $579.23 with Ortho Carolina — 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
Molina Managed Medicaid $75.38 ↓ -60%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $81.87 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $82.59 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $82.66 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $83.41 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $83.41 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $83.41 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $84.24 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $85.07 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $85.93 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $99.48 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $109.05 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $121.25 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $122.49 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $128.39 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $136.27 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $152.79 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $154.97 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $162.55 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $165.93 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $170.06 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $171.93 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $183.95 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $187.70 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $203.92 ↑ +9%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $212.10 ↑ +13%
MedCost PPO $218.11 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $225.24 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $228.99 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $244.01 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $244.01 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $253.40 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $270.29 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $270.29 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $284.74 ↑ +52%
Healthgram Commercial $300.32 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $300.32 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $300.32 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $304.07 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $307.83 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $307.83 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $311.58 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $337.86 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $345.37 ↑ +84%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $463.38 ↑ +147%
Humana Medicare Advantage $472.65 ↑ +152%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $479.60 ↑ +156%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $480.92 ↑ +156%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $579.23 ↑ +209%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Cltx lunate dislc w/mnpj at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $187.70 $70.20 – $331.89
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $187.70 $37.54 – $579.23
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $187.70 $37.54 – $579.23
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $187.70 $75.38 – $579.23
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $187.70 $114.83 – $472.65
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $187.70 $56.16 – $472.65
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $187.70 $46.06 – $579.23
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $187.70 $52.56 – $472.65

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