Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12044 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

$371.23

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.

$742.45

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 $683.05 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 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $133.42 ↓ -64%
Partners Managed Medicaid $153.91 ↓ -59%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $155.45 ↓ -58%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $155.45 ↓ -58%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $155.45 ↓ -58%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $155.45 ↓ -58%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $155.45 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $155.45 ↓ -58%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $155.45 ↓ -58%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $156.99 ↓ -58%
Alliance Behavioral Health $163.49 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $175.29 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $196.75 ↓ -47%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $197.98 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare Advantage $201.94 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $204.91 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $205.47 ↓ -45%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $215.68 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $230.60 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $239.81 ↓ -35%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $247.48 ↓ -33%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $253.92 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $269.51 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $302.18 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $321.48 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $328.16 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $336.33 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $340.04 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $363.80 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $371.23 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $384.59 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $431.36 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $445.47 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $452.89 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $482.59 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $482.59 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $501.15 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $534.56 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $534.56 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $593.96 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $593.96 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $593.96 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $601.38 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $608.81 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $608.81 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $616.23 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $668.21 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $683.05 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12044 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $371.23 $138.84 – $653.36
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $371.23 $74.25 – $683.05
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $371.23 $74.25 – $683.05
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $371.23 $75.38 – $668.21
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $371.23 $155.45 – $683.05
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $371.23 $111.07 – $705.33
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $371.23 $91.10 – $705.33
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $371.23 $103.94 – $705.33

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