Ghs indirect laryngoscopy/w fb removal 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

$199.55

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$399.10

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 $367.17 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 ↓ -62%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $87.04 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $87.80 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $87.88 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $88.68 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $88.68 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $88.68 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $89.56 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $90.44 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $91.35 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $99.90 ↓ -50%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $105.76 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $115.94 ↓ -42%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $123.35 ↓ -38%
Humana Medicare Advantage $125.82 ↓ -37%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $127.67 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $128.02 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $128.91 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $136.49 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $144.87 ↓ -27%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $154.19 ↓ -23%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $162.43 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $164.75 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $172.81 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $176.40 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $180.79 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $182.79 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $195.56 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $199.55 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $216.79 ↑ +9%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $225.49 ↑ +13%
MedCost PPO $231.88 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $239.46 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $243.45 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $259.42 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $259.42 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $269.39 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $287.35 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $287.35 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $302.72 ↑ +52%
Cigna Behavioral Health $319.28 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $319.28 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $319.28 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $323.27 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $327.26 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $327.26 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $331.25 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $359.19 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $367.17 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Ghs indirect laryngoscopy/w fb removal at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $199.55 $74.63 – $351.21
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $199.55 $39.91 – $367.17
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $199.55 $39.91 – $367.17
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $199.55 $75.38 – $359.19
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $199.55 $99.90 – $367.17
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $199.55 $59.71 – $379.15
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $199.55 $48.97 – $379.15
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $199.55 $55.87 – $379.15

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