Ghs immun0electrophoresis 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

$77.53

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.

$155.05

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.

$15.02 with Partners vs $142.65 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 $15.02 ↓ -81%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $15.17 ↓ -80%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $15.17 ↓ -80%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $15.17 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $15.17 ↓ -80%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $15.17 ↓ -80%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $15.17 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $15.17 ↓ -80%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $15.32 ↓ -80%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $16.68 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare Advantage $17.01 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $17.26 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $17.31 ↓ -78%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $20.85 ↓ -73%
Alliance Behavioral Health $34.14 ↓ -56%
Molina Managed Medicaid $35.43 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $41.09 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $45.04 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $51.24 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $51.54 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $53.03 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $56.28 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $62.33 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $63.11 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $67.14 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $67.82 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $68.53 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $70.24 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $71.01 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $75.97 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $77.53 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $80.32 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $90.08 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $93.03 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $94.58 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $100.78 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $100.78 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $104.66 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $111.64 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $111.64 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $124.04 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $124.04 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $124.04 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $125.59 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $127.14 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $127.14 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $128.69 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $139.55 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $142.65 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Ghs immun0electrophoresis at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $77.53 $15.17 – $136.44
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $77.53 $15.02 – $142.65
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $77.53 $15.02 – $142.65
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $77.53 $15.02 – $139.55
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $77.53 $15.17 – $142.65
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $77.53 $15.02 – $147.30
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $77.53 $15.02 – $147.30
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $77.53 $15.02 – $147.30

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