Exc malig snhfg 0.6-1.0 cm 11621 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

$869.48

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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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$1,738.95

Gross charge

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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.

$105.66 with Partners vs $1,599.83 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 $105.66 ↓ -88%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $106.72 ↓ -88%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $106.72 ↓ -88%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $106.72 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $106.72 ↓ -88%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $106.72 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $106.72 ↓ -88%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $106.72 ↓ -88%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $107.77 ↓ -88%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $138.09 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare Advantage $140.85 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $142.92 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $143.32 ↓ -84%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $172.61 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $312.49 ↓ -64%
Alliance Behavioral Health $382.92 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $410.57 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $460.82 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $505.16 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $540.12 ↓ -38%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $594.72 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $631.24 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $699.06 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $707.75 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $752.97 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $768.62 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $787.74 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $796.44 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $852.09 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $869.48 ↑ +0%
Molina Managed Medicaid $879.37 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $900.78 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $1,010.33 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,043.37 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,060.76 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $1,130.32 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,130.32 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,173.79 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $1,252.04 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,252.04 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $1,391.16 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $1,391.16 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $1,391.16 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $1,408.55 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $1,425.94 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,425.94 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $1,443.33 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,565.06 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,599.83 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Exc malig snhfg 0.6-1.0 cm 11621 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $869.48 $106.72 – $1,530.28
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $869.48 $105.66 – $1,599.83
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $869.48 $105.66 – $1,599.83
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $869.48 $105.66 – $1,565.06
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $869.48 $106.72 – $1,599.83
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $869.48 $105.66 – $1,652.00
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $869.48 $105.66 – $1,652.00
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $869.48 $105.66 – $1,652.00

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