Electrocorticography durng sx 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

$479.23

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.

$958.45

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.

$209.04 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $881.77 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
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $209.04 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $210.86 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $211.05 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $212.97 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $212.97 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $212.97 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $215.08 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $217.18 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $219.39 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $253.99 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $255.48 ↓ -47%
Molina Managed Medicaid $273.87 ↓ -43%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $278.43 ↓ -42%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $301.31 ↓ -37%
Humana Medicare Advantage $307.34 ↓ -36%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $311.86 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $312.71 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $316.77 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $318.59 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $327.79 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $347.92 ↓ -27%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $376.64 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $385.30 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $390.09 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $415.01 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $419.23 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $423.63 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $434.18 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $438.97 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $469.64 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $479.23 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $496.48 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $556.86 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $575.07 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $584.65 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $622.99 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $622.99 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $646.95 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $690.08 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $690.08 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $766.76 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $766.76 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $766.76 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $776.34 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $785.93 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $785.93 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $795.51 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $862.61 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $881.77 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Electrocorticography durng sx at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $479.23 $182.11 – $843.44
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $479.23 $95.85 – $881.77
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $479.23 $95.85 – $881.77
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $479.23 $209.04 – $862.61
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $479.23 $255.48 – $881.77
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $479.23 $143.38 – $910.53
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $479.23 $117.60 – $910.53
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $479.23 $134.18 – $910.53

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