Pressure max expiratory/inspiratory 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

$125.28

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.

$250.55

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.

$54.64 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $464.82 with Molina — 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
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $54.64 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $55.12 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $55.17 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $55.67 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $55.67 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $55.67 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $56.22 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $56.77 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $57.35 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $66.40 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $72.78 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $81.75 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $82.81 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $83.28 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $85.69 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $90.95 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $100.72 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $101.97 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $108.49 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $109.59 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $110.74 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $113.50 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $114.75 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $122.77 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $125.28 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $129.78 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $145.57 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $150.33 ↑ +20%
Humana Medicare Advantage $151.79 ↑ +21%
Aetna First Health Commercial $152.84 ↑ +22%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $154.02 ↑ +23%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $156.25 ↑ +25%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $156.71 ↑ +25%
Quik Trip Commercial $162.86 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $162.86 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $169.12 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $180.40 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $180.40 ↑ +44%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $186.01 ↑ +48%
Cigna Behavioral Health $200.44 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $200.44 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $200.44 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $202.95 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $205.45 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $205.45 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $207.96 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $225.50 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $230.51 ↑ +84%
Molina Managed Medicaid $464.82 ↑ +271%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Pressure max expiratory/inspiratory at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $125.28 $47.60 – $250.55
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $125.28 $25.06 – $230.51
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $125.28 $25.06 – $230.51
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $125.28 $54.64 – $464.82
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $125.28 $76.64 – $230.51
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $125.28 $37.48 – $238.02
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $125.28 $30.74 – $238.02
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $125.28 $35.08 – $238.02

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