Hemoglobin methemoglobin quantitative 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

$33.75

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.

$67.50

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.

$2.66 with Molina vs $62.10 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 $2.66 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare Advantage $8.36 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $8.49 ↓ -75%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $8.61 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $8.64 ↓ -74%
Partners Managed Medicaid $9.03 ↓ -73%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $9.12 ↓ -73%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $9.12 ↓ -73%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $9.12 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $9.12 ↓ -73%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $9.12 ↓ -73%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $9.12 ↓ -73%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $9.12 ↓ -73%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $9.21 ↓ -73%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $10.25 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $14.86 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $17.89 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $19.61 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $22.31 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $22.44 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $23.09 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $24.50 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $27.14 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $27.47 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $29.23 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $29.52 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $29.84 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $30.58 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $30.92 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $33.08 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $33.75 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $34.97 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $39.22 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $40.50 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $41.18 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $43.88 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $43.88 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $45.56 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $48.60 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $48.60 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $54.00 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $54.00 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $54.00 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $54.68 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $55.35 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $55.35 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $56.03 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $60.75 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $62.10 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Hemoglobin methemoglobin quantitative at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $33.75 $9.12 – $59.40
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $33.75 $6.75 – $62.10
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $33.75 $6.75 – $62.10
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $33.75 $2.66 – $60.75
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $33.75 $8.36 – $62.10
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $33.75 $8.36 – $64.13
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $33.75 $8.28 – $64.13
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $33.75 $8.36 – $64.13

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