T-cell depletion of harvest 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

$16,581.25

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.

$33,162.50

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.

$424.12 with Humana vs $30,509.50 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 $424.12 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $430.35 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $436.59 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $437.88 ↓ -97%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $519.75 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $5,959.30 ↓ -64%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $7,232.74 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $7,295.75 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $7,302.38 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $7,368.71 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $7,368.71 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $7,368.71 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $7,441.67 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $7,514.62 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $7,590.90 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $7,829.67 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $8,788.06 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $9,633.71 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $10,300.27 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $10,820.92 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $11,341.58 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $12,037.99 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $13,331.33 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $13,497.14 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $14,359.36 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $14,657.83 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $15,022.61 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $15,188.43 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $16,249.63 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $16,581.25 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $17,178.18 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $19,267.41 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $19,897.50 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $20,229.13 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $21,555.63 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $21,555.63 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $22,384.69 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $23,877.00 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $23,877.00 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $26,530.00 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $26,530.00 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $26,530.00 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $26,861.63 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $27,193.25 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $27,193.25 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $27,524.88 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $29,846.25 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $30,509.50 ↑ +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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T-cell depletion of harvest at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $16,581.25 $6,300.88 – $33,162.50
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $16,581.25 $424.12 – $30,509.50
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $16,581.25 $424.12 – $30,509.50
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $16,581.25 $424.12 – $29,846.25
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $16,581.25 $445.92 – $30,509.50
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $16,581.25 $424.12 – $31,504.38
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $16,581.25 $424.12 – $31,504.38
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $16,581.25 $418.74 – $31,504.38

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