St evaluation swallow function 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

$237.65

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.

$475.30

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.

$59.72 with Partners vs $437.28 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 $59.72 ↓ -75%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $60.32 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $60.32 ↓ -75%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $60.32 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $60.32 ↓ -75%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $60.32 ↓ -75%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $60.32 ↓ -75%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $60.32 ↓ -75%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $60.91 ↓ -74%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $66.57 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare Advantage $67.90 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $68.90 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $69.09 ↓ -71%
Molina Managed Medicaid $82.91 ↓ -65%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $83.21 ↓ -65%
Alliance Behavioral Health $104.66 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $125.95 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $138.07 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $157.09 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $157.99 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $162.55 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $172.53 ↓ -27%
Aetna Broad Network $181.22 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $191.07 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $193.45 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $195.28 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $205.80 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $210.08 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $215.31 ↓ -9%
MedCost Ultra $232.90 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $237.65 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $246.21 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $276.15 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $285.18 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $289.93 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $308.95 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $308.95 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $320.83 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $342.22 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $342.22 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $380.24 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $380.24 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $380.24 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $384.99 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $389.75 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $389.75 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $394.50 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $427.77 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $437.28 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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St evaluation swallow function at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $237.65 $60.32 – $418.26
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $237.65 $47.53 – $437.28
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $237.65 $47.53 – $437.28
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $237.65 $59.72 – $427.77
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $237.65 $60.32 – $437.28
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $237.65 $59.72 – $451.54
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $237.65 $58.32 – $451.54
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $237.65 $59.72 – $451.54

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