Dlyd plmt xtn prosth ea addl 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

$921.93

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.

$1,843.85

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.

$248.36 with Partners vs $1,696.34 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 $248.36 ↓ -73%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $250.84 ↓ -73%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $250.84 ↓ -73%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $250.84 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $250.84 ↓ -73%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $250.84 ↓ -73%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $250.84 ↓ -73%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $250.84 ↓ -73%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $253.33 ↓ -73%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $259.93 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare Advantage $265.13 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $269.03 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $269.77 ↓ -71%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $324.91 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $331.34 ↓ -64%
Alliance Behavioral Health $406.02 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $435.33 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $488.62 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $535.64 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $572.70 ↓ -38%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $630.60 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $669.32 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $741.23 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $750.45 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $798.39 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $814.98 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $835.26 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $844.48 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $903.49 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $921.93 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $955.11 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $1,071.28 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,106.31 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,124.75 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $1,198.50 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,198.50 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,244.60 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $1,327.57 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,327.57 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $1,475.08 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $1,475.08 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $1,475.08 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $1,493.52 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $1,511.96 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,511.96 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $1,530.40 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,659.47 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,696.34 ↑ +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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Dlyd plmt xtn prosth ea addl at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $921.93 $250.84 – $1,622.59
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $921.93 $184.39 – $1,696.34
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $921.93 $184.39 – $1,696.34
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $921.93 $248.36 – $1,659.47
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $921.93 $250.84 – $1,696.34
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $921.93 $248.36 – $1,751.66
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $921.93 $226.24 – $1,751.66
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $921.93 $248.36 – $1,751.66

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