Debr musc/fascia 20sq cm/< 11043 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

$440.10

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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$880.20

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.

$75.38 with Molina vs $809.78 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 ↓ -83%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $141.30 ↓ -68%
Humana Medicare Advantage $144.13 ↓ -67%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $146.25 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $146.65 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $158.17 ↓ -64%
Partners Managed Medicaid $170.54 ↓ -61%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $172.25 ↓ -61%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $172.25 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $172.25 ↓ -61%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $172.25 ↓ -61%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $172.25 ↓ -61%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $172.25 ↓ -61%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $172.25 ↓ -61%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $173.95 ↓ -60%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $176.63 ↓ -60%
Alliance Behavioral Health $193.82 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $207.82 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $233.25 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $255.70 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $273.39 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $284.30 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $301.03 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $319.51 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $358.24 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $381.13 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $389.05 ↓ -12%
MedCost Ultra $392.46 ↓ -11%
MedCost PPO $392.46 ↓ -11%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $398.73 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $403.13 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $440.10 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $455.94 ↑ +4%
Magellan Behavioral Health $528.12 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $536.92 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $572.13 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $572.13 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $594.14 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $633.74 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $633.74 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $704.16 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $704.16 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $704.16 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $712.96 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $721.76 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $721.76 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $730.57 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $792.18 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $809.78 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Debr musc/fascia 20sq cm/< 11043 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $440.10 $141.30 – $774.58
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $440.10 $88.02 – $809.78
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $440.10 $88.02 – $809.78
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $440.10 $75.38 – $792.18
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $440.10 $141.30 – $809.78
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $440.10 $131.68 – $836.19
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $440.10 $108.00 – $836.19
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $440.10 $123.23 – $836.19

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