Coronary angio/lv gram/rt&lt heart 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

$17,305.98

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.

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$34,611.95

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.

$316.34 with Partners vs $31,842.99 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 $316.34 ↓ -98%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $319.50 ↓ -98%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $319.50 ↓ -98%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $319.50 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $319.50 ↓ -98%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $319.50 ↓ -98%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $319.50 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $319.50 ↓ -98%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $322.67 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $332.47 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage $339.12 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $344.11 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $345.05 ↓ -98%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $415.59 ↓ -98%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $712.97 ↓ -96%
Molina Managed Medicaid $778.87 ↓ -95%
Aetna Broad Network $786.63 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $933.43 ↓ -95%
MedCost PPO $958.76 ↓ -94%
MedCost Ultra $958.76 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $986.35 ↓ -94%
ChoiceCare Commercial $986.35 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,228.21 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,270.82 ↓ -93%
Alliance Behavioral Health $7,621.55 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $9,172.17 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $10,054.77 ↓ -42%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $11,837.29 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $12,564.14 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $13,914.00 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $14,986.97 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $15,298.48 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $17,305.98 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $17,928.99 ↑ +4%
Magellan Behavioral Health $20,767.17 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $21,113.29 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $22,497.77 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $22,497.77 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $23,363.07 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $24,920.60 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $27,689.56 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $27,689.56 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $27,689.56 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $28,035.68 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $28,381.80 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $28,381.80 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $28,727.92 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $31,150.76 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $31,842.99 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Coronary angio/lv gram/rt&lt heart at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $17,305.98 $319.50 – $30,458.52
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $17,305.98 $316.34 – $31,842.99
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $17,305.98 $316.34 – $31,842.99
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $17,305.98 $316.34 – $31,150.76
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $17,305.98 $319.50 – $31,842.99
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $17,305.98 $316.34 – $32,881.35
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $17,305.98 $316.34 – $32,881.35
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $17,305.98 $316.34 – $32,881.35

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