Pul art balloon repr percut 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

$8,557.83

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.

$17,115.65

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.

$261.30 with Molina vs $15,746.40 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
Molina Managed Medicaid $261.30 ↓ -97%
Partners Managed Medicaid $264.58 ↓ -97%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $267.23 ↓ -97%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $267.23 ↓ -97%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $267.23 ↓ -97%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $267.23 ↓ -97%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $267.23 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $267.23 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $267.23 ↓ -97%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $269.87 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $282.91 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $288.57 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $292.81 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $293.62 ↓ -97%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $353.63 ↓ -96%
Alliance Behavioral Health $3,768.87 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $4,535.65 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $4,972.10 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $5,656.72 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $5,689.24 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $5,853.55 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $6,212.98 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $6,880.49 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $6,966.07 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $7,411.08 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $7,486.39 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $7,565.12 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $7,753.39 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $7,838.97 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $8,386.67 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $8,557.83 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $8,865.91 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $9,944.19 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $10,269.39 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $10,440.55 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $11,125.17 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $11,125.17 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $11,553.06 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $12,323.27 ↑ +44%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $12,323.27 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $13,692.52 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $13,692.52 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $13,692.52 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $13,863.68 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $14,034.83 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $14,034.83 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $14,205.99 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $15,404.09 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $15,746.40 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —

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Pul art balloon repr percut at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $8,557.83 $267.23 – $15,061.77
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $8,557.83 $264.58 – $15,746.40
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $8,557.83 $264.58 – $15,746.40
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $8,557.83 $261.30 – $15,404.09
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $8,557.83 $267.23 – $15,746.40
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $8,557.83 $264.58 – $16,259.87
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $8,557.83 $264.58 – $16,259.87
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $8,557.83 $264.58 – $16,259.87

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