Membrane amnioband 2x2cm -cost per sq cm 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

$220.78

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.

$441.55

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.

$96.30 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $406.23 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
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $96.30 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $97.14 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $97.23 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $98.11 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $98.11 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $98.11 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $99.08 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $100.06 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $101.07 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $117.01 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $128.27 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $129.68 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $134.89 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $136.84 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $136.84 ↓ -38%
Molina Managed Medicaid $147.47 ↓ -33%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $151.01 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $160.28 ↓ -27%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $176.62 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $177.50 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $179.71 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $191.19 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $195.17 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $200.02 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $202.23 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $216.36 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $220.78 ↑ +0%
MedCost PPO $256.54 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $264.93 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $269.35 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $287.01 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $287.01 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $298.05 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $317.92 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $317.92 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $353.24 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $353.24 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $353.24 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $357.66 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $362.07 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $362.07 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $366.49 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $397.40 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $406.23 ↑ +84%
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Humana Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Ortho Carolina Commercial not published by hospital —
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —

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Membrane amnioband 2x2cm -cost per sq cm at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $220.78 $83.89 – $388.56
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $220.78 $44.16 – $406.23
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $220.78 $44.16 – $406.23
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $220.78 $96.30 – $397.40
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $220.78 $124.56 – $406.23
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $220.78 $66.06 – $419.47
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $220.78 $54.18 – $419.47
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $220.78 $61.82 – $419.47

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