Edetate calcium disodium inj 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

$458.38

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.

$916.75

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.

$199.94 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $8,010.47 with Ortho Carolina — 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
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $199.94 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $201.69 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $201.87 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $203.70 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $203.70 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $203.70 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $205.72 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $207.74 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $209.84 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $242.94 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $266.32 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $280.07 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $284.10 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $284.10 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $299.14 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $313.53 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $332.78 ↓ -27%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $366.70 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $368.53 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $373.12 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $396.95 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $405.20 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $415.29 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $419.87 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $449.21 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $458.38 ↑ +0%
MedCost PPO $532.63 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $550.05 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $559.22 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $595.89 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $595.89 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $618.81 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $660.06 ↑ +44%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $660.06 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $733.40 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $733.40 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $733.40 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $742.57 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $751.74 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $751.74 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $760.90 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $825.08 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $843.41 ↑ +84%
Humana Medicare Advantage $6,536.54 ↑ +1326%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $6,632.67 ↑ +1347%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $6,728.79 ↑ +1368%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $6,748.66 ↑ +1372%
Molina Managed Medicaid $6,834.86 ↑ +1391%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $8,010.47 ↑ +1648%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —

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Edetate calcium disodium inj at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $458.38 $174.18 – $916.75
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $458.38 $91.68 – $8,010.47
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $458.38 $91.68 – $8,010.47
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $458.38 $199.94 – $8,010.47
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $458.38 $258.62 – $6,728.79
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $458.38 $137.15 – $6,728.79
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $458.38 $112.49 – $8,010.47
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $458.38 $128.35 – $6,728.79

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