Ortho ewh rgd without jnt cstm w/fit&adj 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

$163.50

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.

$327.00

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.

$58.76 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina vs $1,094.13 with Ortho Carolina — 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 $58.76 ↓ -64%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $71.32 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $71.94 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $72.01 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $72.66 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $72.66 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $72.66 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $73.38 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $74.10 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $74.85 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $77.20 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $86.66 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $94.99 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $101.57 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $106.70 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $111.83 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $118.70 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $131.45 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $133.09 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $141.59 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $144.53 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $148.13 ↓ -9%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $148.46 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $149.77 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $160.23 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $163.50 ↑ +0%
MedCost PPO $189.99 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $196.20 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $199.47 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $212.55 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $212.55 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $220.73 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $235.44 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $235.44 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $261.60 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $261.60 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $261.60 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $264.87 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $268.14 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $268.14 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $271.41 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $294.30 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $300.84 ↑ +84%
Humana Medicare Advantage $892.81 ↑ +446%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $905.94 ↑ +454%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $919.07 ↑ +462%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $921.78 ↑ +464%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $1,094.13 ↑ +569%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Ortho ewh rgd without jnt cstm w/fit&adj at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $163.50 $62.13 – $327.00
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $163.50 $32.70 – $1,094.13
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $163.50 $32.70 – $1,094.13
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $163.50 $62.62 – $1,094.13
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $163.50 $100.03 – $919.07
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $163.50 $48.92 – $919.07
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $163.50 $40.12 – $1,094.13
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $163.50 $45.78 – $1,009.60

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