Scan duplex extremity veins unilateral/limited study 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

$872.75

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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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$1,745.50

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.

$18.66 with Partners vs $1,605.86 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 $18.66 ↓ -98%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $18.85 ↓ -98%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $18.85 ↓ -98%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $18.85 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $18.85 ↓ -98%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $18.85 ↓ -98%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $18.85 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $18.85 ↓ -98%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $19.03 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $19.39 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage $19.78 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $20.07 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $20.12 ↓ -98%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $24.24 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $54.84 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $55.74 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $170.21 ↓ -80%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $185.95 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $190.91 ↓ -78%
Aetna Broad Network $205.16 ↓ -76%
ChoiceCare Commercial $223.89 ↓ -74%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $223.89 ↓ -74%
Alliance Behavioral Health $384.36 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $462.56 ↓ -47%
Molina Managed Medicaid $484.91 ↓ -44%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $507.07 ↓ -42%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $596.96 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $633.62 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial NB $755.80 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $771.51 ↓ -12%
MedCost Ultra $855.30 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $872.75 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $904.17 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $1,014.14 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,047.30 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,064.76 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,134.58 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $1,134.58 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,178.21 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $1,256.76 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $1,396.40 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $1,396.40 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $1,396.40 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $1,413.86 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $1,431.31 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,431.31 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $1,448.77 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,570.95 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,605.86 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Scan duplex extremity veins unilateral/limited study at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $872.75 $18.85 – $1,536.04
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $872.75 $18.66 – $1,605.86
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $872.75 $18.66 – $1,605.86
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $872.75 $18.66 – $1,570.95
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $872.75 $18.85 – $1,605.86
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $872.75 $18.66 – $1,658.23
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $872.75 $18.66 – $1,658.23
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $872.75 $18.66 – $1,658.23

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