Exc mal+marg tal 2.1-3 cm 11603 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

$924.03

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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.

$1,848.05

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.

$136.93 with Partners vs $1,700.21 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 $136.93 ↓ -85%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $138.30 ↓ -85%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $138.30 ↓ -85%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $138.30 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $138.30 ↓ -85%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $138.30 ↓ -85%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $138.30 ↓ -85%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $138.30 ↓ -85%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $139.67 ↓ -85%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $178.21 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare Advantage $181.77 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $184.45 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $184.96 ↓ -80%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $222.76 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $332.09 ↓ -64%
Alliance Behavioral Health $406.94 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $436.32 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $460.82 ↓ -50%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $489.73 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $515.04 ↓ -44%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $536.86 ↓ -42%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $632.03 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $670.84 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $742.92 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $752.16 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $800.21 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $816.84 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $846.41 ↓ -8%
Molina Managed Medicaid $879.37 ↓ -5%
MedCost Ultra $905.54 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $924.03 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $957.29 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $1,073.72 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,108.83 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,127.31 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $1,201.23 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,201.23 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,247.43 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $1,330.60 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,330.60 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $1,478.44 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $1,478.44 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $1,478.44 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $1,496.92 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $1,515.40 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,515.40 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $1,533.88 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,663.25 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,700.21 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Exc mal+marg tal 2.1-3 cm 11603 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $924.03 $138.30 – $1,626.28
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $924.03 $136.93 – $1,700.21
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $924.03 $136.93 – $1,700.21
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $924.03 $136.93 – $1,663.25
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $924.03 $138.30 – $1,700.21
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $924.03 $136.93 – $1,755.65
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $924.03 $136.93 – $1,755.65
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $924.03 $136.93 – $1,755.65

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