Inhalation aerosol pentamidine pneumocystis pneumonia treatment/prophylaxis 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

$200.13

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$400.25

Gross charge

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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.

$7.31 with Cigna Healthspring vs $368.23 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $7.31 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $7.46 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $7.57 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $7.59 ↓ -96%
Partners Managed Medicaid $8.92 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $9.01 ↓ -95%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $9.01 ↓ -95%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $9.01 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $9.01 ↓ -95%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $9.01 ↓ -95%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $9.01 ↓ -95%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $9.01 ↓ -95%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $9.10 ↓ -95%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $9.14 ↓ -95%
Molina Managed Medicaid $57.79 ↓ -71%
Alliance Behavioral Health $88.14 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $106.07 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $116.27 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $132.28 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $133.04 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $136.89 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $145.29 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $160.90 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $162.90 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $173.31 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $175.07 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $176.91 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $181.31 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $183.31 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $196.12 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $200.13 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $207.33 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $232.55 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $240.15 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $244.15 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $260.16 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $260.16 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $270.17 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $288.18 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $288.18 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $320.20 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $320.20 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $320.20 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $324.20 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $328.21 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $328.21 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $332.21 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $360.23 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $368.23 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Inhalation aerosol pentamidine pneumocystis pneumonia treatment/prophylaxis at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $200.13 $7.31 – $352.22
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $200.13 $7.31 – $368.23
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $200.13 $7.31 – $368.23
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $200.13 $7.31 – $360.23
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $200.13 $7.31 – $368.23
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $200.13 $7.31 – $380.24
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $200.13 $7.31 – $380.24
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $200.13 $7.31 – $380.24

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