Indigotindisulfonate 8 mg/ml soln 5 ml ampule 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

$785.83

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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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$1,571.65

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.

$10.16 with Humana vs $1,445.92 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 $10.16 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $10.30 ↓ -99%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $10.45 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $10.48 ↓ -99%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $12.45 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $342.78 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $345.76 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $346.08 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $349.22 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $349.22 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $349.22 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $352.68 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $356.14 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $359.75 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $416.49 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $456.56 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $480.14 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $487.05 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $487.05 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $512.83 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $537.50 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $570.51 ↓ -27%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $628.66 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $631.80 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $639.66 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $680.52 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $694.67 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $711.96 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $719.82 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $770.11 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $785.83 ↑ +0%
MedCost PPO $913.13 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $942.99 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $958.71 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $1,021.57 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,021.57 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,060.86 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,131.59 ↑ +44%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $1,131.59 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $1,257.32 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $1,257.32 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $1,257.32 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $1,273.04 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $1,288.75 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,288.75 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $1,304.47 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,414.49 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,445.92 ↑ +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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Indigotindisulfonate 8 mg/ml soln 5 ml ampule at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $785.83 $298.61 – $1,571.65
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $785.83 $10.16 – $1,445.92
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $785.83 $10.16 – $1,445.92
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $785.83 $10.16 – $1,414.49
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $785.83 $10.16 – $1,445.92
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $785.83 $10.16 – $1,493.07
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $785.83 $10.16 – $1,493.07
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $785.83 $10.16 – $1,493.07

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