Immunoassay tumor antigen quantitative ca 19-9 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

$187.85

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$375.70

Gross charge

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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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$21.23 with Humana vs $345.64 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

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 $21.23 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $21.54 ↓ -89%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $21.85 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $21.92 ↓ -88%
Partners Managed Medicaid $25.66 ↓ -86%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $25.92 ↓ -86%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $25.92 ↓ -86%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $25.92 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $25.92 ↓ -86%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $25.92 ↓ -86%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $25.92 ↓ -86%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $25.92 ↓ -86%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $26.01 ↓ -86%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $26.17 ↓ -86%
Molina Managed Medicaid $30.85 ↓ -84%
Alliance Behavioral Health $82.73 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $99.56 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $109.14 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $124.17 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $124.88 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $128.49 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $136.38 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $151.03 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $152.91 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $162.68 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $164.33 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $166.06 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $170.19 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $172.07 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $184.09 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $187.85 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $194.61 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $218.28 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $225.42 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $229.18 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $244.21 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $244.21 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $253.60 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $270.50 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $270.50 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $300.56 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $300.56 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $300.56 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $304.32 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $308.07 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $308.07 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $311.83 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $338.13 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $345.64 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Immunoassay tumor antigen quantitative ca 19-9 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $187.85 $25.92 – $330.62
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $187.85 $21.23 – $345.64
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $187.85 $21.23 – $345.64
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $187.85 $21.23 – $338.13
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $187.85 $21.23 – $345.64
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $187.85 $21.23 – $356.92
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $187.85 $21.23 – $356.92
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $187.85 $21.23 – $356.92

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