Ghs simple repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm - 12016 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

$444.18

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.

$888.35

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 $817.28 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 ↓ -83%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $115.89 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage $118.21 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $119.95 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $120.28 ↓ -73%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $144.86 ↓ -67%
Partners Managed Medicaid $164.59 ↓ -63%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $166.24 ↓ -63%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $166.24 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $166.24 ↓ -63%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $166.24 ↓ -63%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $166.24 ↓ -63%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $166.24 ↓ -63%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $166.24 ↓ -63%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $167.88 ↓ -62%
Alliance Behavioral Health $195.61 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $235.41 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $258.07 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $286.94 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $303.82 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $322.47 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $361.56 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $366.71 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $384.66 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $392.65 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $402.42 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $406.86 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $435.29 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $444.18 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $482.55 ↑ +9%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $501.92 ↑ +13%
MedCost PPO $516.13 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $533.01 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $541.89 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $577.43 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $577.43 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $599.64 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $639.61 ↑ +44%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $639.61 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $673.81 ↑ +52%
Healthgram Commercial $710.68 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $710.68 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $710.68 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $719.56 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $728.45 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $728.45 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $737.33 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $799.52 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $817.28 ↑ +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 - 12016 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $444.18 $115.89 – $781.75
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $444.18 $88.84 – $817.28
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $444.18 $88.84 – $817.28
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $444.18 $75.38 – $799.52
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $444.18 $115.89 – $817.28
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $444.18 $115.89 – $843.93
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $444.18 $109.00 – $843.93
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $444.18 $115.89 – $843.93

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