Ketorolac 15 mg/ml injection (wrapper) 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

$14.33

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$28.65

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$0.29 with Humana vs $18.81 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Humana Medicare Advantage $0.29 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $0.30 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $0.30 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $0.30 ↓ -98%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $0.36 ↓ -97%
Molina Managed Medicaid $0.55 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $0.69 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1.35 ↓ -91%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1.66 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1.81 ↓ -87%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1.91 ↓ -87%
Aetna Broad Network $2.00 ↓ -86%
ChoiceCare Commercial $2.20 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2.20 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2.33 ↓ -84%
MedCost Ultra $2.67 ↓ -81%
MedCost PPO $2.67 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $4.46 ↓ -69%
Partners Managed Medicaid $4.50 ↓ -69%
Alliance Behavioral Health $4.50 ↓ -69%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $4.54 ↓ -68%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $4.54 ↓ -68%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $4.54 ↓ -68%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $4.59 ↓ -68%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $4.63 ↓ -68%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $4.68 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $5.42 ↓ -62%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $5.94 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $6.67 ↓ -53%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $7.42 ↓ -48%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $8.18 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial NB $8.85 ↓ -38%
Employers Health Network Commercial $9.04 ↓ -37%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $10.23 ↓ -29%
Magellan Behavioral Health $12.27 ↓ -14%
Aetna First Health Commercial $12.47 ↓ -13%
Quik Trip Commercial $13.29 ↓ -7%
GMMI Commercial $13.29 ↓ -7%
Cigna Commercial SAR $13.80 ↓ -4%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $14.72 ↑ +3%
Cigna Behavioral Health $16.36 ↑ +14%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $16.36 ↑ +14%
Healthgram Commercial $16.36 ↑ +14%
Provider Select Commercial $16.56 ↑ +16%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $16.77 ↑ +17%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $16.77 ↑ +17%
First Health Commercial $16.97 ↑ +18%
Beechstreet Commercial $18.41 ↑ +28%
Multiplan Commercial $18.81 ↑ +31%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Ketorolac 15 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $14.33 $2.33 – $20.45
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $14.33 $0.29 – $18.81
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $14.33 $0.29 – $18.81
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $14.33 $0.29 – $18.41
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $14.33 $0.31 – $18.81
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $14.33 $0.29 – $19.43
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $14.33 $0.29 – $19.43
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $14.33 $0.29 – $19.43

All North-carolina hospitals for this procedure →