Embolization s&i 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

$2,545.95

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.

$5,091.90

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.

$54.86 with Partners vs $4,684.55 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 $54.86 ↓ -98%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $55.41 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $55.41 ↓ -98%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $55.41 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $55.41 ↓ -98%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $55.41 ↓ -98%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $55.41 ↓ -98%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $55.41 ↓ -98%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $55.96 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $64.87 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $66.17 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $67.14 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $67.33 ↓ -97%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $81.09 ↓ -97%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,113.79 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,121.24 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,349.35 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,479.20 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,682.87 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,692.55 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,741.43 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,848.36 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,046.94 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $2,072.40 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,204.79 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,227.20 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,250.62 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,306.63 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $2,332.09 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $2,495.03 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,545.95 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,637.60 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $2,958.39 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $3,055.14 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,106.06 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,309.74 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $3,309.74 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,437.03 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $3,666.17 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $3,666.17 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $4,073.52 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $4,073.52 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $4,073.52 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $4,124.44 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $4,175.36 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $4,175.36 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $4,226.28 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $4,582.71 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $4,684.55 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Embolization s&i at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,545.95 $55.41 – $4,480.87
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,545.95 $54.86 – $4,684.55
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $2,545.95 $54.86 – $4,684.55
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $2,545.95 $54.86 – $4,582.71
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $2,545.95 $55.41 – $4,684.55
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,545.95 $54.86 – $4,837.31
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,545.95 $54.86 – $4,837.31
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,545.95 $54.86 – $4,837.31

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