I-123 iobenguane diag 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

$15,325.25

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.

$30,650.50

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.

$2,116.31 with Humana vs $28,198.46 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $2,116.31 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2,147.43 ↓ -86%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $2,178.55 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $2,184.98 ↓ -86%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $2,593.51 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $6,684.87 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $6,743.11 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $6,749.24 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $6,810.54 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $6,810.54 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $6,810.54 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $6,877.97 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $6,945.40 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $7,015.90 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $8,122.38 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $8,903.97 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $9,363.73 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $9,498.59 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $9,498.59 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $10,001.26 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $10,482.47 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $11,126.13 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $12,321.50 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $12,474.75 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $13,271.67 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $13,547.52 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $13,884.68 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $14,037.93 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $15,018.75 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $15,325.25 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $15,876.96 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $17,807.94 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $18,390.30 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $18,696.81 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $19,922.83 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $19,922.83 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $20,689.09 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $22,068.36 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $22,068.36 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $24,520.40 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $24,520.40 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $24,520.40 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $24,826.91 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $25,133.41 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $25,133.41 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $25,439.92 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $27,585.45 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $28,198.46 ↑ +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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I-123 iobenguane diag at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $15,325.25 $5,823.60 – $30,650.50
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $15,325.25 $2,116.31 – $28,198.46
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $15,325.25 $2,116.31 – $28,198.46
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $15,325.25 $2,116.31 – $27,585.45
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $15,325.25 $2,116.31 – $28,198.46
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $15,325.25 $2,116.31 – $29,117.98
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $15,325.25 $2,116.31 – $29,117.98
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $15,325.25 $2,116.31 – $29,117.98

All North-carolina hospitals for this procedure →