Oil silicone ophth 8.5ml silikon 1000 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

$229.98

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.

$459.95

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.

$82.65 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina vs $423.15 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $82.65 ↓ -64%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $100.32 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $101.19 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $101.28 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $102.20 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $102.20 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $102.20 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $103.21 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $104.22 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $105.28 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $108.59 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $121.89 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $133.62 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $142.86 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $150.08 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $157.30 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $166.96 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $184.90 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $187.20 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $199.16 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $203.30 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $208.36 ↓ -9%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $208.82 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $210.66 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $225.38 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $229.98 ↑ +0%
MedCost PPO $267.23 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $275.97 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $280.57 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $298.97 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $298.97 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $310.47 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $331.16 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $331.16 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $367.96 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $367.96 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $367.96 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $372.56 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $377.16 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $377.16 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $381.76 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $413.96 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $423.15 ↑ +84%
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Humana Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Molina Managed Medicaid 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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Oil silicone ophth 8.5ml silikon 1000 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $229.98 $87.39 – $459.95
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $229.98 $46.00 – $423.15
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $229.98 $46.00 – $423.15
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $229.98 $88.08 – $413.96
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $229.98 $140.70 – $423.15
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $229.98 $68.81 – $436.95
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $229.98 $56.44 – $436.95
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $229.98 $64.39 – $436.95

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