Ghs myocardial strain img spckl track 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

$464.95

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.

$929.90

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.

$10.89 with Cigna Healthspring vs $855.51 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $10.89 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage $11.11 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $11.27 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $11.30 ↓ -98%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $13.61 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $22.50 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $23.77 ↓ -95%
ChoiceCare Commercial $23.77 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $27.34 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $29.60 ↓ -94%
MedCost PPO $30.56 ↓ -93%
MedCost Ultra $30.56 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $38.65 ↓ -92%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $72.06 ↓ -85%
Aetna Broad Network $79.51 ↓ -83%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $81.70 ↓ -82%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $202.81 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $204.58 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $204.76 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $206.62 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $206.62 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $206.62 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $208.67 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $210.72 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $212.85 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $246.42 ↓ -47%
Molina Managed Medicaid $261.30 ↓ -44%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $270.14 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $303.43 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $337.55 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial NB $402.65 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $411.02 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $464.95 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $481.69 ↑ +4%
Magellan Behavioral Health $557.94 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $567.24 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $604.44 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $604.44 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $627.68 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $669.53 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $743.92 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $743.92 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $743.92 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $753.22 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $762.52 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $762.52 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $771.82 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $836.91 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $855.51 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Ghs myocardial strain img spckl track at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $464.95 $10.89 – $929.90
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $464.95 $10.89 – $855.51
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $464.95 $10.89 – $855.51
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $464.95 $10.89 – $836.91
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $464.95 $10.89 – $855.51
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $464.95 $10.89 – $883.41
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $464.95 $10.89 – $883.41
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $464.95 $10.89 – $883.41

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