Dilate ic vasospasm init 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

$6,956.20

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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$13,912.40

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.

$443.56 with Humana vs $12,799.41 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $443.56 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $450.08 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $456.60 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $457.95 ↓ -93%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $543.58 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2,500.06 ↓ -64%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $3,034.29 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $3,060.73 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $3,063.51 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $3,091.34 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $3,091.34 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $3,091.34 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $3,121.94 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $3,152.55 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $3,184.55 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $3,284.72 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $3,686.79 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $4,041.55 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,321.19 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $4,539.62 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $4,758.04 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $5,050.20 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $5,592.78 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $5,662.35 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $6,024.07 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $6,149.28 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $6,302.32 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $6,371.88 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $6,817.08 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $6,956.20 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $7,206.62 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $8,083.10 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $8,347.44 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $8,486.56 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $9,043.06 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $9,043.06 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $9,390.87 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $10,016.93 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $10,016.93 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $11,129.92 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $11,129.92 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $11,129.92 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $11,269.04 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $11,408.17 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $11,408.17 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $11,547.29 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $12,521.16 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $12,799.41 ↑ +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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Dilate ic vasospasm init at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $6,956.20 $2,643.36 – $13,912.40
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $6,956.20 $443.56 – $12,799.41
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $6,956.20 $443.56 – $12,799.41
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $6,956.20 $443.56 – $12,521.16
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $6,956.20 $443.56 – $12,799.41
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $6,956.20 $443.56 – $13,216.78
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $6,956.20 $443.56 – $13,216.78
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $6,956.20 $443.56 – $13,216.78

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