Cltx post ankle fx 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

$521.30

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.

$1,042.60

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.

$75.38 with Molina vs $959.19 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
Molina Managed Medicaid $75.38 ↓ -86%
Partners Managed Medicaid $179.00 ↓ -66%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $180.79 ↓ -65%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $180.79 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $180.79 ↓ -65%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $180.79 ↓ -65%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $180.79 ↓ -65%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $180.79 ↓ -65%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $180.79 ↓ -65%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $182.58 ↓ -65%
Alliance Behavioral Health $229.58 ↓ -56%
Humana Medicare Advantage $232.71 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $236.14 ↓ -55%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $239.56 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $240.26 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $276.29 ↓ -47%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $285.19 ↓ -45%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $302.88 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $336.76 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $356.57 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $378.46 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $424.34 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $430.39 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $451.45 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $460.83 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $472.30 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $477.51 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $510.87 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $521.30 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $566.34 ↑ +9%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $589.07 ↑ +13%
MedCost PPO $605.75 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $625.56 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $635.99 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $677.69 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $677.69 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $703.76 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $750.67 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $750.67 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $790.81 ↑ +52%
Cigna Behavioral Health $834.08 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $834.08 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $834.08 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $844.51 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $854.93 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $854.93 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $865.36 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $938.34 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $959.19 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Cltx post ankle fx at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $521.30 $180.79 – $917.49
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $521.30 $104.26 – $959.19
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $521.30 $104.26 – $959.19
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $521.30 $75.38 – $938.34
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $521.30 $180.79 – $959.19
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $521.30 $155.97 – $990.47
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $521.30 $127.93 – $990.47
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $521.30 $145.96 – $990.47

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