Ghs init tx 1st degree burn 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

$275.50

Cash price

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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.

$551.00

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.

$35.16 with Partners vs $506.92 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 $35.16 ↓ -87%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $35.51 ↓ -87%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $35.51 ↓ -87%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $35.51 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $35.51 ↓ -87%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $35.51 ↓ -87%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $35.51 ↓ -87%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $35.51 ↓ -87%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $35.86 ↓ -87%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $41.90 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare Advantage $42.74 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $43.37 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $43.49 ↓ -84%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $52.38 ↓ -81%
Molina Managed Medicaid $75.38 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $99.01 ↓ -64%
Alliance Behavioral Health $121.33 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $124.18 ↓ -55%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $130.09 ↓ -53%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $135.25 ↓ -51%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $146.02 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $160.07 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $177.97 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $188.44 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $200.01 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $224.26 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $238.58 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $243.54 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $252.36 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $269.99 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $275.50 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $285.42 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $320.13 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $330.60 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $336.11 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $358.15 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $358.15 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $371.93 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $396.72 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $396.72 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $440.80 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $440.80 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $440.80 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $446.31 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $451.82 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $451.82 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $457.33 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $495.90 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $506.92 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Ghs init tx 1st degree burn at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $275.50 $35.51 – $484.88
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $275.50 $35.16 – $506.92
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $275.50 $35.16 – $506.92
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $275.50 $35.16 – $495.90
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $275.50 $35.51 – $506.92
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $275.50 $35.16 – $523.45
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $275.50 $35.16 – $523.45
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $275.50 $35.16 – $523.45

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