Mopath procedure level 3 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

$341.30

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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$682.60

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.

$148.88 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $627.99 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 $148.88 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $150.17 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $150.31 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $151.67 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $151.67 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $151.67 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $153.18 ↓ -55%
Humana Medicare Advantage $153.34 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $154.68 ↓ -55%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $155.59 ↓ -54%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $156.25 ↓ -54%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $157.85 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $158.31 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $180.89 ↓ -47%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $187.91 ↓ -45%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $198.30 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $222.73 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $225.60 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $226.90 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $233.45 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $247.78 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $274.41 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $277.82 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $295.57 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $298.57 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $301.71 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $309.22 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $312.63 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $334.47 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $341.30 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $353.59 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $396.59 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $409.56 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $416.39 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $443.69 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $443.69 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $460.76 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $491.47 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $491.47 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $546.08 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $546.08 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $546.08 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $552.91 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $559.73 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $559.73 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $566.56 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $614.34 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $627.99 ↑ +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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Mopath procedure level 3 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $341.30 $129.69 – $682.60
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $341.30 $68.26 – $627.99
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $341.30 $68.26 – $627.99
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $341.30 $148.88 – $614.34
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $341.30 $153.34 – $627.99
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $341.30 $102.12 – $648.47
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $341.30 $83.76 – $648.47
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $341.30 $95.56 – $648.47

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