Ghs bladder cath - complex-foley 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

$344.48

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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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$688.95

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.

$68.20 with Partners vs $633.83 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 $68.20 ↓ -80%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $68.88 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $68.88 ↓ -80%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $68.88 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $68.88 ↓ -80%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $68.88 ↓ -80%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $68.88 ↓ -80%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $68.88 ↓ -80%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $69.56 ↓ -80%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $70.08 ↓ -80%
Humana Medicare Advantage $71.48 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $72.53 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $72.73 ↓ -79%
Molina Managed Medicaid $75.38 ↓ -78%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $87.60 ↓ -75%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $123.80 ↓ -64%
Alliance Behavioral Health $151.71 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $162.66 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $182.57 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $200.14 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $213.99 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $222.53 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $235.62 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $250.09 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $261.48 ↓ -24%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $280.40 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $298.32 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $304.52 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $315.54 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $337.59 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $344.48 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $356.88 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $400.28 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $413.37 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $420.26 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $447.82 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $447.82 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $465.04 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $496.04 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $496.04 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $551.16 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $551.16 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $551.16 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $558.05 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $564.94 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $564.94 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $571.83 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $620.06 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $633.83 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Ghs bladder cath - complex-foley at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $344.48 $68.88 – $606.28
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $344.48 $68.20 – $633.83
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $344.48 $68.20 – $633.83
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $344.48 $68.20 – $620.06
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $344.48 $68.88 – $633.83
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $344.48 $68.20 – $654.50
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $344.48 $68.20 – $654.50
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $344.48 $68.20 – $654.50

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