Fluocinolone acetonide implt 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

$38,050.00

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.

$76,100.00

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.

$319.83 with Molina vs $70,012.00 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 $319.83 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare Advantage $347.12 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $352.22 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $357.33 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $358.38 ↓ -99%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $425.39 ↓ -99%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $16,597.41 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $16,742.00 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $16,757.22 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $16,909.42 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $16,909.42 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $16,909.42 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $17,076.84 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $17,244.26 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $17,419.29 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $20,166.50 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $22,107.05 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $23,248.55 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $23,583.39 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $23,583.39 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $24,831.43 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $26,026.20 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $27,624.30 ↓ -27%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $30,440.00 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $30,592.20 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $30,972.70 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $32,951.30 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $33,636.20 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $34,473.30 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $34,853.80 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $37,289.00 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $38,050.00 ↑ +0%
MedCost PPO $44,214.10 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $45,660.00 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $46,421.00 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $49,465.00 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $49,465.00 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $51,367.50 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $54,792.00 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $54,792.00 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $60,880.00 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $60,880.00 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $60,880.00 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $61,641.00 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $62,402.00 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $62,402.00 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $63,163.00 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $68,490.00 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $70,012.00 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Fluocinolone acetonide implt at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $38,050.00 $14,459.00 – $76,100.00
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $38,050.00 $347.12 – $70,012.00
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $38,050.00 $347.12 – $70,012.00
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $38,050.00 $319.83 – $68,490.00
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $38,050.00 $347.12 – $70,012.00
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $38,050.00 $347.12 – $72,295.00
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $38,050.00 $347.12 – $72,295.00
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $38,050.00 $347.12 – $72,295.00

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