Enzyme histochemistry 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

$106.95

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.

$213.90

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.

$14.64 with Molina vs $196.79 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
Molina Managed Medicaid $14.64 ↓ -86%
Partners Managed Medicaid $21.17 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $21.38 ↓ -80%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $21.38 ↓ -80%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $21.38 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $21.38 ↓ -80%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $21.38 ↓ -80%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $21.38 ↓ -80%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $21.38 ↓ -80%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $21.59 ↓ -80%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $24.55 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage $25.04 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $25.41 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $25.48 ↓ -76%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $30.69 ↓ -71%
Alliance Behavioral Health $47.10 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $56.68 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $62.14 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $70.69 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $71.10 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $73.15 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $77.65 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $85.99 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $87.06 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $92.62 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $93.56 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $94.54 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $96.90 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $97.97 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $104.81 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $106.95 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $110.80 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $124.28 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $128.34 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $130.48 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $139.04 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $139.04 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $144.38 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $154.01 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $154.01 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $171.12 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $171.12 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $171.12 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $173.26 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $175.40 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $175.40 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $177.54 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $192.51 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $196.79 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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