Cystouretero w/biopsy 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

$4,317.10

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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$8,634.20

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.

$332.10 with Partners vs $7,943.46 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 $332.10 ↓ -92%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $335.42 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $335.42 ↓ -92%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $335.42 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $335.42 ↓ -92%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $335.42 ↓ -92%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $335.42 ↓ -92%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $335.42 ↓ -92%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $338.74 ↓ -92%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $381.39 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare Advantage $389.02 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $394.74 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $395.83 ↓ -91%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $476.74 ↓ -89%
Molina Managed Medicaid $879.37 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,551.57 ↓ -64%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,901.25 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,038.53 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $2,288.06 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2,508.24 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,681.78 ↓ -38%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,952.90 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $3,134.21 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $3,470.95 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $3,514.12 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $3,738.61 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $3,816.32 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,911.29 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $3,954.46 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $4,230.76 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $4,317.10 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,472.52 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $5,016.47 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $5,180.52 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $5,266.86 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $5,612.23 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $5,612.23 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $5,828.09 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $6,216.62 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $6,216.62 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $6,907.36 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $6,907.36 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $6,907.36 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $6,993.70 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $7,080.04 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $7,080.04 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $7,166.39 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $7,770.78 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $7,943.46 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Cystouretero w/biopsy at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $4,317.10 $335.42 – $7,598.10
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $4,317.10 $332.10 – $7,943.46
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $4,317.10 $332.10 – $7,943.46
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $4,317.10 $332.10 – $7,770.78
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $4,317.10 $335.42 – $7,943.46
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $4,317.10 $332.10 – $8,202.49
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $4,317.10 $332.10 – $8,202.49
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $4,317.10 $332.10 – $8,202.49

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