Ghs fb removal - non-incisional 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

$436.53

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.

$873.05

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 $803.21 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 ↓ -83%
Partners Managed Medicaid $103.39 ↓ -76%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $104.42 ↓ -76%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $104.42 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $104.42 ↓ -76%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $104.42 ↓ -76%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $104.42 ↓ -76%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $104.42 ↓ -76%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $104.42 ↓ -76%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $105.46 ↓ -76%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $137.19 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare Advantage $139.93 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $141.99 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $142.38 ↓ -67%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $171.49 ↓ -61%
Alliance Behavioral Health $192.25 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $231.36 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $253.62 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $282.00 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $298.58 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $316.92 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $355.33 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $360.40 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $378.03 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $385.89 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $395.49 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $399.86 ↓ -8%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $416.56 ↓ -5%
MedCost Ultra $427.79 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $436.53 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $493.27 ↑ +13%
MedCost PPO $507.24 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $523.83 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $532.56 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $567.48 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $567.48 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $589.31 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $628.60 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $628.60 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $662.21 ↑ +52%
Cigna Behavioral Health $698.44 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $698.44 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $698.44 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $707.17 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $715.90 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $715.90 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $724.63 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $785.75 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $803.21 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Ghs fb removal - non-incisional at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $436.53 $104.42 – $768.28
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $436.53 $87.31 – $803.21
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $436.53 $87.31 – $803.21
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $436.53 $75.38 – $785.75
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $436.53 $104.42 – $803.21
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $436.53 $103.39 – $829.40
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $436.53 $103.39 – $829.40
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $436.53 $103.39 – $829.40

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