I&d frarm&/wrst deep absc/hematoma 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

$2,606.20

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.

$5,212.40

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 $4,795.41 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 ↓ -97%
Partners Managed Medicaid $365.22 ↓ -86%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $368.87 ↓ -86%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $368.87 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $368.87 ↓ -86%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $368.87 ↓ -86%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $368.87 ↓ -86%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $368.87 ↓ -86%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $368.87 ↓ -86%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $372.52 ↓ -86%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $626.29 ↓ -76%
Humana Medicare Advantage $638.82 ↓ -75%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $648.21 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $650.00 ↓ -75%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $782.86 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,147.77 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,381.29 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,514.20 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,683.61 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,782.64 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,892.10 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $2,121.45 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,151.68 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,256.97 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,303.88 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,361.22 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $2,387.28 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $2,554.08 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,606.20 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,831.38 ↑ +9%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,945.01 ↑ +13%
MedCost PPO $3,028.40 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $3,127.44 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,179.56 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,388.06 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $3,388.06 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,518.37 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $3,752.93 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $3,752.93 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $3,953.61 ↑ +52%
Cigna Behavioral Health $4,169.92 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $4,169.92 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $4,169.92 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $4,222.04 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $4,274.17 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $4,274.17 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $4,326.29 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $4,691.16 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $4,795.41 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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I&d frarm&/wrst deep absc/hematoma at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,606.20 $368.87 – $4,586.91
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,606.20 $365.22 – $4,795.41
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $2,606.20 $365.22 – $4,795.41
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $2,606.20 $75.38 – $4,691.16
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $2,606.20 $368.87 – $4,795.41
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,606.20 $365.22 – $4,951.78
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,606.20 $365.22 – $4,951.78
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,606.20 $365.22 – $4,951.78

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