Des thora aorta rpr without left sub art 33881 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

$3,273.55

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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$6,547.10

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.

$1,176.51 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina vs $6,023.33 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,176.51 ↓ -64%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $1,356.13 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,383.25 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,403.59 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,407.46 ↓ -57%
Partners Managed Medicaid $1,414.91 ↓ -57%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $1,427.92 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $1,429.06 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $1,429.06 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $1,429.06 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $1,429.06 ↓ -56%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $1,429.06 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $1,429.06 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,441.67 ↓ -56%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $1,443.21 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,545.77 ↓ -53%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $1,695.16 ↓ -48%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,734.98 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,901.93 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,033.53 ↓ -38%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,239.11 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,376.60 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,631.93 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $2,664.67 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,834.89 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,893.82 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,965.84 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $2,998.57 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $3,208.08 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $3,273.55 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,391.40 ↑ +4%
ChoiceCare Commercial $3,707.00 ↑ +13%
MedCost PPO $3,803.87 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $3,928.26 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,993.73 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $4,255.62 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $4,255.62 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $4,419.29 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $4,713.91 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $5,237.68 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $5,237.68 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $5,237.68 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $5,303.15 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $5,368.62 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $5,368.62 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $5,434.09 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $5,892.39 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $6,023.33 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —

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Des thora aorta rpr without left sub art 33881 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $3,273.55 $1,243.95 – $5,761.45
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $3,273.55 $654.71 – $6,023.33
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $3,273.55 $654.71 – $6,023.33
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $3,273.55 $1,253.77 – $5,892.39
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $3,273.55 $1,356.13 – $6,023.33
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $3,273.55 $979.45 – $6,219.75
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $3,273.55 $803.33 – $6,219.75
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $3,273.55 $916.59 – $6,219.75

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