Eeg wo vid ea 12-26hr unmntr 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

$3,623.15

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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$7,246.30

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.

$174.26 with Cigna Healthspring vs $6,666.60 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $174.26 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Advantage $177.75 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $180.36 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $180.86 ↓ -95%
Partners Managed Medicaid $183.02 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $184.85 ↓ -95%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $184.85 ↓ -95%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $184.85 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $184.85 ↓ -95%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $184.85 ↓ -95%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $184.85 ↓ -95%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $184.85 ↓ -95%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $186.68 ↓ -95%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $217.83 ↓ -94%
Molina Managed Medicaid $273.87 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $425.08 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $451.70 ↓ -88%
MedCost PPO $680.56 ↓ -81%
MedCost Ultra $680.56 ↓ -81%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,595.64 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,920.27 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2,105.05 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2,394.90 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,408.67 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,478.23 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,630.41 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,913.01 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $2,949.24 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $3,137.65 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $3,202.86 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $3,318.81 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $3,623.15 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,753.58 ↑ +4%
Magellan Behavioral Health $4,347.78 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $4,420.24 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $4,710.10 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $4,710.10 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $4,891.25 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $5,217.34 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $5,217.34 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $5,797.04 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $5,797.04 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $5,797.04 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $5,869.50 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $5,941.97 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $5,941.97 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $6,014.43 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $6,521.67 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $6,666.60 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Eeg wo vid ea 12-26hr unmntr at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $3,623.15 $174.26 – $6,376.74
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $3,623.15 $174.26 – $6,666.60
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $3,623.15 $174.26 – $6,666.60
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $3,623.15 $174.26 – $6,521.67
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $3,623.15 $174.26 – $6,666.60
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $3,623.15 $174.26 – $6,883.99
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $3,623.15 $174.26 – $6,883.99
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $3,623.15 $174.26 – $6,883.99

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