Ghs simple repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm - 12005 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

$359.35

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.

$718.70

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 $661.20 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 ↓ -79%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $85.89 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare Advantage $87.61 ↓ -76%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $88.90 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $89.14 ↓ -75%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $107.36 ↓ -70%
Partners Managed Medicaid $123.05 ↓ -66%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $124.28 ↓ -65%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $124.28 ↓ -65%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $124.28 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $124.28 ↓ -65%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $124.28 ↓ -65%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $124.28 ↓ -65%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $124.28 ↓ -65%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $125.51 ↓ -65%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $129.15 ↓ -64%
Alliance Behavioral Health $158.26 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $169.69 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $190.46 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $208.78 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $223.23 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $232.14 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $245.80 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $260.89 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $292.51 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $311.20 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $317.67 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $325.57 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $329.16 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $352.16 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $359.35 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $372.29 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $417.56 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $431.22 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $438.41 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $467.16 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $467.16 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $485.12 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $517.46 ↑ +44%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $517.46 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $574.96 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $574.96 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $574.96 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $582.15 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $589.33 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $589.33 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $596.52 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $646.83 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $661.20 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Ghs simple repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm - 12005 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $359.35 $85.89 – $632.46
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $359.35 $71.87 – $661.20
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $359.35 $71.87 – $661.20
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $359.35 $75.38 – $646.83
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $359.35 $85.89 – $661.20
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $359.35 $85.89 – $682.77
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $359.35 $85.89 – $682.77
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $359.35 $85.89 – $682.77

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