Drug test def 8-14 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

$282.00

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.

$564.00

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.

$111.92 with Partners vs $518.88 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 $111.92 ↓ -60%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $113.04 ↓ -60%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $113.04 ↓ -60%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $113.04 ↓ -60%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $113.04 ↓ -60%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $113.04 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $113.04 ↓ -60%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $113.04 ↓ -60%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $114.16 ↓ -60%
Alliance Behavioral Health $124.19 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $149.46 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare Advantage $159.72 ↓ -43%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $162.07 ↓ -43%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $163.84 ↓ -42%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $164.42 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $164.90 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $186.40 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $187.47 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $192.89 ↓ -32%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $195.74 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $204.73 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $226.73 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $229.55 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $244.21 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $246.69 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $249.29 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $255.49 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $258.31 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $276.36 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $282.00 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $292.15 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $327.68 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $338.40 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $344.04 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $366.60 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $366.60 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $380.70 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $406.08 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $406.08 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $451.20 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $451.20 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $451.20 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $456.84 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $462.48 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $462.48 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $468.12 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $507.60 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $518.88 ↑ +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 8-14 classes at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $282.00 $107.16 – $496.32
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $282.00 $56.40 – $518.88
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $282.00 $56.40 – $518.88
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $282.00 $111.92 – $507.60
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $282.00 $113.04 – $518.88
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $282.00 $84.37 – $535.80
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $282.00 $69.20 – $535.80
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $282.00 $78.96 – $535.80

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