Ins lv lead exist pm/icd 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

$5,183.13

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.

$10,366.25

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.

$416.09 with Partners vs $9,536.95 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
Partners Managed Medicaid $416.09 ↓ -92%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $420.25 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $420.25 ↓ -92%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $420.25 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $420.25 ↓ -92%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $420.25 ↓ -92%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $420.25 ↓ -92%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $420.25 ↓ -92%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $424.41 ↓ -92%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $455.08 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare Advantage $464.18 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $471.01 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $472.30 ↓ -91%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $568.85 ↓ -89%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,432.11 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,862.82 ↓ -64%
Alliance Behavioral Health $2,282.65 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,447.47 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,729.20 ↓ -47%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $2,747.06 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $3,011.40 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,219.76 ↓ -38%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $3,545.26 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $3,762.95 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $4,167.23 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $4,219.06 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $4,488.59 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $4,581.88 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $4,747.74 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $5,079.46 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $5,183.13 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $5,369.72 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $6,022.79 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $6,219.75 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $6,323.41 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $6,738.06 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $6,738.06 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $6,997.22 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $7,463.70 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $7,463.70 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $8,293.00 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $8,293.00 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $8,293.00 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $8,396.66 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $8,500.33 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $8,500.33 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $8,603.99 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $9,329.63 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $9,536.95 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Ins lv lead exist pm/icd at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $5,183.13 $420.25 – $9,122.30
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $5,183.13 $416.09 – $9,536.95
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $5,183.13 $416.09 – $9,536.95
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $5,183.13 $416.09 – $9,329.63
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $5,183.13 $420.25 – $9,536.95
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $5,183.13 $416.09 – $9,847.94
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $5,183.13 $416.09 – $9,847.94
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $5,183.13 $416.09 – $9,847.94

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