Drug test def 15-21 classes 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

$423.00

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.

$846.00

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.

$151.09 with Partners vs $778.32 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 $151.09 ↓ -64%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $152.60 ↓ -64%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $152.60 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $152.60 ↓ -64%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $152.60 ↓ -64%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $152.60 ↓ -64%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $152.60 ↓ -64%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $152.60 ↓ -64%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $154.11 ↓ -64%
Alliance Behavioral Health $186.29 ↓ -56%
Humana Medicare Advantage $202.71 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $205.70 ↓ -51%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $208.68 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $209.29 ↓ -51%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $224.19 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $245.76 ↓ -42%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $248.43 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $279.60 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $281.21 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $289.33 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $307.10 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $340.09 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $344.32 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $366.32 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $370.04 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $373.93 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $383.24 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $387.47 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $414.54 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $423.00 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $438.23 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $491.53 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $507.60 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $516.06 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $549.90 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $549.90 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $571.05 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $609.12 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $609.12 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $676.80 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $676.80 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $676.80 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $685.26 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $693.72 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $693.72 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $702.18 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $761.40 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $778.32 ↑ +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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Drug test def 15-21 classes at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $423.00 $152.60 – $744.48
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $423.00 $84.60 – $778.32
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $423.00 $84.60 – $778.32
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $423.00 $151.09 – $761.40
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $423.00 $152.60 – $778.32
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $423.00 $126.56 – $803.70
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $423.00 $103.80 – $803.70
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $423.00 $118.44 – $803.70

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