Liver ds alys 3 bmrk srm alg 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

$365.28

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.

$730.55

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.

$159.33 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $672.11 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
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $159.33 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $160.72 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $160.87 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $162.33 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $162.33 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $162.33 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $163.94 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $165.54 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $167.22 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare Advantage $179.71 ↓ -51%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $182.36 ↓ -50%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $185.00 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $185.55 ↓ -49%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $193.60 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $212.22 ↓ -42%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $220.24 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $238.38 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $241.45 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $242.83 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $249.85 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $265.19 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $293.68 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $297.33 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $316.33 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $319.54 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $322.90 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $330.94 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $334.59 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $357.97 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $365.28 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $378.42 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $424.45 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $438.33 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $445.64 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $474.86 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $474.86 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $493.12 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $526.00 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $526.00 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $584.44 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $584.44 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $584.44 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $591.75 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $599.05 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $599.05 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $606.36 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $657.50 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $672.11 ↑ +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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Liver ds alys 3 bmrk srm alg at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $365.28 $138.80 – $730.55
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $365.28 $73.06 – $672.11
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $365.28 $73.06 – $672.11
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $365.28 $159.33 – $657.50
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $365.28 $179.71 – $672.11
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $365.28 $109.29 – $694.02
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $365.28 $89.64 – $694.02
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $365.28 $102.28 – $694.02

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