Semen analysis w/count 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

$65.25

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.

$130.50

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.

$8.78 with Humana vs $120.06 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $8.78 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $8.91 ↓ -86%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $9.04 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $9.07 ↓ -86%
Partners Managed Medicaid $10.34 ↓ -84%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $10.44 ↓ -84%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $10.44 ↓ -84%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $10.44 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $10.44 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $10.44 ↓ -84%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $10.44 ↓ -84%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $10.44 ↓ -84%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $10.55 ↓ -84%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $10.76 ↓ -84%
Alliance Behavioral Health $28.74 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $34.58 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $37.91 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $43.13 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $43.38 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $44.63 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $47.37 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $52.46 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $53.11 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $56.51 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $57.08 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $57.68 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $59.12 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $59.77 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $63.95 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $65.25 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $67.60 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $75.82 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $78.30 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $79.61 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $84.83 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $84.83 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $88.09 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $93.96 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $93.96 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $104.40 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $104.40 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $104.40 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $105.71 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $107.01 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $107.01 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $108.32 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $117.45 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $120.06 ↑ +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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Semen analysis w/count at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $65.25 $10.44 – $114.84
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $65.25 $8.78 – $120.06
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $65.25 $8.78 – $120.06
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $65.25 $8.78 – $117.45
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $65.25 $8.78 – $120.06
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $65.25 $8.78 – $123.98
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $65.25 $8.78 – $123.98
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $65.25 $8.78 – $123.98

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