Fluoroestradiol f 18 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

$13,845.08

Cash price

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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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$27,690.15

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.

$508.64 with Humana vs $25,474.94 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $508.64 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $516.12 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $523.60 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $525.15 ↓ -96%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $623.34 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $6,039.22 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $6,091.83 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $6,097.37 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $6,152.75 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $6,152.75 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $6,152.75 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $6,213.67 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $6,274.59 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $6,338.28 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $7,337.89 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $8,043.99 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $8,459.34 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $8,581.18 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $8,581.18 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $9,035.30 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $9,470.03 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $10,051.52 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $11,131.44 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $11,269.89 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $11,989.83 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $12,239.05 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $12,543.64 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $12,682.09 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $13,568.17 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $13,845.08 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $14,343.50 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $16,087.98 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $16,614.09 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $16,890.99 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $17,998.60 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $17,998.60 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $18,690.85 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $19,936.91 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $19,936.91 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $22,152.12 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $22,152.12 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $22,152.12 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $22,429.02 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $22,705.92 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $22,705.92 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $22,982.82 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $24,921.14 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $25,474.94 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Fluoroestradiol f 18 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $13,845.08 $5,261.13 – $27,690.15
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $13,845.08 $508.64 – $25,474.94
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $13,845.08 $508.64 – $25,474.94
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $13,845.08 $508.64 – $24,921.14
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $13,845.08 $508.64 – $25,474.94
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $13,845.08 $508.64 – $26,305.64
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $13,845.08 $508.64 – $26,305.64
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $13,845.08 $508.64 – $26,305.64

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