Ob Ultrasound nuchal meas add-on 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

$113.50

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.

$227.00

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.

$24.18 with Cigna Healthspring vs $208.84 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $24.18 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare Advantage $24.66 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $25.03 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $25.10 ↓ -78%
Molina Managed Medicaid $26.34 ↓ -77%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $30.23 ↓ -73%
Partners Managed Medicaid $39.29 ↓ -65%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $39.68 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $39.68 ↓ -65%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $39.68 ↓ -65%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $39.68 ↓ -65%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $39.68 ↓ -65%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $39.68 ↓ -65%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $39.68 ↓ -65%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $40.08 ↓ -65%
Alliance Behavioral Health $49.99 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $60.16 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $65.94 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $75.02 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $75.45 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $77.63 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $82.40 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $91.25 ↓ -20%
ChoiceCare Commercial $92.37 ↓ -19%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $92.39 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $98.29 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $99.29 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $100.33 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $102.82 ↓ -9%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $102.83 ↓ -9%
MedCost Ultra $111.23 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $113.50 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $117.59 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $131.89 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $136.20 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $138.47 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $147.55 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $147.55 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $153.23 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $163.44 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $181.60 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $181.60 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $181.60 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $183.87 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $186.14 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $186.14 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $188.41 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $204.30 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $208.84 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Ob Ultrasound nuchal meas add-on at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $113.50 $24.18 – $199.76
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $113.50 $22.70 – $208.84
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $113.50 $22.70 – $208.84
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $113.50 $24.18 – $204.30
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $113.50 $24.18 – $208.84
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $113.50 $24.18 – $215.65
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $113.50 $24.18 – $215.65
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $113.50 $24.18 – $215.65

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