Creatine kinase isoenzymes 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

$89.28

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.

$178.55

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.

$6.08 with Molina vs $164.27 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 $6.08 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Advantage $13.66 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $13.86 ↓ -84%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $14.06 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $14.10 ↓ -84%
Partners Managed Medicaid $16.52 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $16.69 ↓ -81%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $16.69 ↓ -81%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $16.69 ↓ -81%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $16.69 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $16.69 ↓ -81%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $16.69 ↓ -81%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $16.69 ↓ -81%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $16.74 ↓ -81%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $16.85 ↓ -81%
Alliance Behavioral Health $39.32 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $47.32 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $51.87 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $59.01 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $59.35 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $61.06 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $64.81 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $71.78 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $72.67 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $77.31 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $78.10 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $78.92 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $80.88 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $81.78 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $87.49 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $89.28 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $92.49 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $103.74 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $107.13 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $108.92 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $116.06 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $116.06 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $120.52 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $128.56 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $128.56 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $142.84 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $142.84 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $142.84 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $144.63 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $146.41 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $146.41 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $148.20 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $160.70 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $164.27 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Creatine kinase isoenzymes at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $89.28 $16.69 – $157.12
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $89.28 $13.66 – $164.27
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $89.28 $13.66 – $164.27
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $89.28 $6.08 – $160.70
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $89.28 $13.66 – $164.27
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $89.28 $13.66 – $169.62
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $89.28 $13.66 – $169.62
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $89.28 $13.66 – $169.62

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