Full thick gft/scalp/arm/leg/20sqcm or< 15220 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

$2,074.13

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.

$4,148.25

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.

$75.38 with Molina vs $3,816.39 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 $75.38 ↓ -96%
Partners Managed Medicaid $446.79 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $451.26 ↓ -78%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $451.26 ↓ -78%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $451.26 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $451.26 ↓ -78%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $451.26 ↓ -78%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $451.26 ↓ -78%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $451.26 ↓ -78%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $455.73 ↓ -78%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $562.29 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare Advantage $573.54 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $581.97 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $583.57 ↓ -72%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $702.86 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $745.44 ↓ -64%
Alliance Behavioral Health $913.44 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $979.40 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,099.29 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,205.07 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,288.45 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,339.88 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,418.70 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,505.81 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1,688.34 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,796.19 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,833.53 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,879.16 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $1,899.90 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $2,032.64 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,074.13 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,148.79 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $2,410.13 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $2,488.95 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,530.43 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,696.36 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $2,696.36 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $2,800.07 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $2,986.74 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $2,986.74 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $3,318.60 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $3,318.60 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $3,318.60 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $3,360.08 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $3,401.57 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $3,401.57 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $3,443.05 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $3,733.43 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $3,816.39 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Full thick gft/scalp/arm/leg/20sqcm or< 15220 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,074.13 $451.26 – $3,650.46
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,074.13 $414.83 – $3,816.39
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $2,074.13 $414.83 – $3,816.39
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $2,074.13 $75.38 – $3,733.43
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $2,074.13 $451.26 – $3,816.39
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,074.13 $446.79 – $3,940.84
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,074.13 $446.79 – $3,940.84
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,074.13 $446.79 – $3,940.84

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