Radiotherapy dose plan imrt 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

$8,174.88

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.

$16,349.75

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.

$325.42 with Partners vs $15,041.77 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 $325.42 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $328.67 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $328.67 ↓ -96%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $328.67 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $328.67 ↓ -96%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $328.67 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $328.67 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $328.67 ↓ -96%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $331.93 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $396.96 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Advantage $404.90 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $410.85 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $411.98 ↓ -95%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $496.20 ↓ -94%
Molina Managed Medicaid $1,637.06 ↓ -80%
Alliance Behavioral Health $3,600.21 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $4,020.40 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $4,144.66 ↓ -49%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $4,332.68 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $4,749.60 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $5,454.28 ↓ -33%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $5,591.61 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $5,934.96 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $6,572.60 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $6,654.35 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $7,079.44 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $7,226.59 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $7,406.44 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $7,488.19 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $8,011.38 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $8,174.88 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $8,469.17 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $9,499.20 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $9,809.85 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $9,973.35 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $10,627.34 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $10,627.34 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $11,036.08 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $11,771.82 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $11,771.82 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $13,079.80 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $13,079.80 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $13,079.80 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $13,243.30 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $13,406.80 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $13,406.80 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $13,570.29 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $14,714.78 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $15,041.77 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Radiotherapy dose plan imrt at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $8,174.88 $328.67 – $14,387.78
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $8,174.88 $325.42 – $15,041.77
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $8,174.88 $325.42 – $15,041.77
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $8,174.88 $325.42 – $14,714.78
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $8,174.88 $328.67 – $15,041.77
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $8,174.88 $325.42 – $15,532.26
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $8,174.88 $325.42 – $15,532.26
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $8,174.88 $325.42 – $15,532.26

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