Sec art mech thrmbc non-intracranial add-on 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

$1,753.63

Cash price

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$3,507.25

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.

$209.21 with Partners vs $3,226.67 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 $209.21 ↓ -88%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $211.30 ↓ -88%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $211.30 ↓ -88%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $211.30 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $211.30 ↓ -88%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $211.30 ↓ -88%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $211.30 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $211.30 ↓ -88%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $213.39 ↓ -88%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $217.63 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage $221.98 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $225.25 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $225.87 ↓ -87%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $272.04 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $630.25 ↓ -64%
Alliance Behavioral Health $772.30 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $828.06 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $929.42 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,018.86 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,089.35 ↓ -38%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,199.48 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,273.13 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,409.91 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1,427.45 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,518.64 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,550.20 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,588.78 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $1,606.32 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $1,718.55 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,753.63 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,816.76 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $2,037.71 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $2,104.35 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,139.42 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $2,279.71 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,279.71 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $2,367.39 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $2,525.22 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $2,525.22 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $2,805.80 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $2,805.80 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $2,805.80 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $2,840.87 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $2,875.95 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,875.95 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $2,911.02 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $3,156.53 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $3,226.67 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Molina Managed Medicaid not published by hospital

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Sec art mech thrmbc non-intracranial add-on at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,753.63 $211.30 – $3,086.38
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,753.63 $209.21 – $3,226.67
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $1,753.63 $209.21 – $3,226.67
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $1,753.63 $209.21 – $3,156.53
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $1,753.63 $211.30 – $3,226.67
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,753.63 $209.21 – $3,331.89
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,753.63 $209.21 – $3,331.89
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,753.63 $209.21 – $3,331.89

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