Cryopreservation sperm 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

$197.38

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.

$394.75

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.

$86.09 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $363.17 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
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $86.09 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $86.85 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $86.92 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $87.71 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $87.71 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $87.71 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $88.58 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $89.45 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $90.36 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $104.61 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $114.67 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $128.81 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $130.46 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $131.21 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $135.00 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $143.29 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $158.69 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $160.66 ↓ -19%
Humana Medicare Advantage $166.24 ↓ -16%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $168.68 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial NB $170.93 ↓ -13%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $171.13 ↓ -13%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $171.63 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $172.66 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $174.48 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $178.82 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $180.80 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $193.43 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $197.38 ↑ +0%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $203.73 ↑ +3%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $204.48 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $229.35 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $236.85 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $240.80 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $256.59 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $256.59 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $266.46 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $284.22 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $284.22 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $315.80 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $315.80 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $315.80 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $319.75 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $323.70 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $323.70 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $327.64 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $355.28 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $363.17 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Cryopreservation sperm at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $197.38 $75.00 – $394.75
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $197.38 $39.48 – $363.17
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $197.38 $39.48 – $363.17
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $197.38 $86.09 – $355.28
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $197.38 $120.75 – $363.17
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $197.38 $59.05 – $375.01
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $197.38 $48.44 – $375.01
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $197.38 $55.27 – $375.01

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