Dilate urethra stricture 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

$211.53

Cash price

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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.

$423.05

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.

$54.27 with Partners vs $389.21 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 $54.27 ↓ -74%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $54.81 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $54.81 ↓ -74%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $54.81 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $54.81 ↓ -74%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $54.81 ↓ -74%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $54.81 ↓ -74%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $54.81 ↓ -74%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $55.36 ↓ -74%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $58.76 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare Advantage $59.94 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $60.82 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $60.98 ↓ -71%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $73.45 ↓ -65%
Molina Managed Medicaid $75.38 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $76.02 ↓ -64%
Alliance Behavioral Health $93.16 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $99.88 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $112.11 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $122.90 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $131.40 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $136.65 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $144.68 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $153.57 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $172.18 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $183.18 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $186.99 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $191.64 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $193.76 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $207.29 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $211.53 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $219.14 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $245.79 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $253.83 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $258.06 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $274.98 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $274.98 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $285.56 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $304.60 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $304.60 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $338.44 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $338.44 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $338.44 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $342.67 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $346.90 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $346.90 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $351.13 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $380.75 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $389.21 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Dilate urethra stricture at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $211.53 $54.81 – $372.28
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $211.53 $42.31 – $389.21
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $211.53 $42.31 – $389.21
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $211.53 $54.27 – $380.75
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $211.53 $54.81 – $389.21
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $211.53 $54.27 – $401.90
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $211.53 $51.91 – $401.90
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $211.53 $54.27 – $401.90

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