Place cath intracranial art 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

$4,656.83

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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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$9,313.65

Gross charge

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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.

$176.99 with Partners vs $8,568.56 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 $176.99 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $178.76 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $178.76 ↓ -96%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $178.76 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $178.76 ↓ -96%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $178.76 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $178.76 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $178.76 ↓ -96%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $180.53 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $222.49 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Advantage $226.94 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $230.28 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $230.91 ↓ -95%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $278.11 ↓ -94%
Molina Managed Medicaid $374.33 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,673.66 ↓ -64%
Alliance Behavioral Health $2,050.87 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,198.95 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $2,468.12 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2,705.62 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,892.82 ↓ -38%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $3,185.27 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $3,380.85 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $3,744.09 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $3,790.66 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $4,032.81 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $4,116.63 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,219.08 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $4,265.65 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $4,563.69 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $4,656.83 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,824.47 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $5,411.23 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $5,588.19 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $5,681.33 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $6,053.87 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $6,053.87 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $6,286.71 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $6,705.83 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $6,705.83 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $7,450.92 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $7,450.92 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $7,450.92 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $7,544.06 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $7,637.19 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $7,637.19 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $7,730.33 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $8,382.29 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $8,568.56 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Place cath intracranial art at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $4,656.83 $178.76 – $8,196.01
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $4,656.83 $176.99 – $8,568.56
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $4,656.83 $176.99 – $8,568.56
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $4,656.83 $176.99 – $8,382.29
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $4,656.83 $178.76 – $8,568.56
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $4,656.83 $176.99 – $8,847.97
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $4,656.83 $176.99 – $8,847.97
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $4,656.83 $176.99 – $8,847.97

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