Ghs moderate sedation < 5 yr, 30 min 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

$273.38

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.

$546.75

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.

$20.01 with Partners vs $503.01 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 $20.01 ↓ -93%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $20.21 ↓ -93%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $20.21 ↓ -93%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $20.21 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $20.21 ↓ -93%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $20.21 ↓ -93%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $20.21 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $20.21 ↓ -93%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $20.41 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $22.21 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare Advantage $22.65 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $22.99 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $23.05 ↓ -92%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $27.76 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $58.41 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $77.86 ↓ -72%
Alliance Behavioral Health $120.39 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $144.89 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $158.83 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $180.70 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $181.74 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $186.99 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $198.47 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $219.79 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $222.53 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $236.74 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $241.66 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $250.41 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $267.91 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $273.38 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $283.22 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $317.66 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $328.05 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $333.52 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $355.39 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $355.39 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $369.06 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $393.66 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $393.66 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $437.40 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $437.40 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $437.40 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $442.87 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $448.34 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $448.34 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $453.80 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $492.08 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $503.01 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Ghs moderate sedation < 5 yr, 30 min at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $273.38 $20.21 – $481.14
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $273.38 $20.01 – $503.01
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $273.38 $20.01 – $503.01
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $273.38 $20.01 – $492.08
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $273.38 $20.21 – $503.01
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $273.38 $20.01 – $519.41
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $273.38 $20.01 – $519.41
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $273.38 $20.01 – $519.41

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