Extended culture of oocytes 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

$534.40

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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$1,068.80

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.

$233.11 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $983.30 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 $233.11 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $235.14 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $235.35 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $237.49 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $237.49 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $237.49 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $239.84 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $242.19 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $244.65 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $283.23 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $310.49 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $348.75 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $353.24 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $355.27 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $365.53 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $387.97 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $429.66 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $435.00 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $462.79 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $467.49 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $472.41 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $484.17 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $489.51 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $523.71 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $534.40 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $553.64 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $620.97 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $641.28 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $651.97 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $694.72 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $694.72 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $721.44 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $769.54 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $769.54 ↑ +44%
Humana Medicare Advantage $792.49 ↑ +48%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $804.15 ↑ +50%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $815.80 ↑ +53%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $818.21 ↑ +53%
Cigna Behavioral Health $855.04 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $855.04 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $855.04 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $865.73 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $876.42 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $876.42 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $887.10 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $961.92 ↑ +80%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $971.19 ↑ +82%
Multiplan Commercial $983.30 ↑ +84%
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital —
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —

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Extended culture of oocytes at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $534.40 $203.07 – $1,068.80
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $534.40 $106.88 – $983.30
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $534.40 $106.88 – $983.30
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $534.40 $233.11 – $971.19
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $534.40 $326.95 – $983.30
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $534.40 $159.89 – $1,015.36
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $534.40 $131.14 – $1,015.36
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $534.40 $149.63 – $1,015.36

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