Organic acids total quant ea spec 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

$591.45

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.

$1,182.90

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.

$20.30 with Partners vs $1,088.27 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
Partners Managed Medicaid $20.30 ↓ -97%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $20.50 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $20.50 ↓ -97%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $20.50 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $20.50 ↓ -97%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $20.50 ↓ -97%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $20.50 ↓ -97%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $20.50 ↓ -97%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $20.71 ↓ -96%
Molina Managed Medicaid $22.21 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $24.07 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $24.43 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $24.78 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $24.85 ↓ -96%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $29.50 ↓ -95%
Alliance Behavioral Health $260.47 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $313.47 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $343.63 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $390.95 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $393.20 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $404.55 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $429.39 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $475.53 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $481.44 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $512.20 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $517.40 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $522.84 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $535.85 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $541.77 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $579.62 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $591.45 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $612.74 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $687.26 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $709.74 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $721.57 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $768.89 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $768.89 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $798.46 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $851.69 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $851.69 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $946.32 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $946.32 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $946.32 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $958.15 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $969.98 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $969.98 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $981.81 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,064.61 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,088.27 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Organic acids total quant ea spec at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $591.45 $20.50 – $1,040.95
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $591.45 $20.30 – $1,088.27
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $591.45 $20.30 – $1,088.27
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $591.45 $20.30 – $1,064.61
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $591.45 $20.50 – $1,088.27
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $591.45 $20.30 – $1,123.76
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $591.45 $20.30 – $1,123.76
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $591.45 $20.30 – $1,123.76

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