Tgsap so/hl 51/< rna alys 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

$6,354.93

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

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

$12,709.85

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$2,772.02 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $11,693.06 with Multiplan — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $2,772.02 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $2,796.17 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $2,798.71 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $2,824.13 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $2,824.13 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $2,824.13 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $2,852.09 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $2,880.05 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $2,909.28 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare Advantage $2,977.99 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3,021.79 ↓ -52%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $3,065.58 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $3,074.63 ↓ -52%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $3,368.11 ↓ -47%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $3,649.50 ↓ -43%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $3,692.21 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $4,147.22 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $4,200.61 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $4,224.75 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $4,346.77 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $4,613.68 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $5,109.36 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $5,172.91 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $5,503.37 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $5,559.29 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $5,617.75 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $5,757.56 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $5,821.11 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $6,227.83 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $6,354.93 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $6,583.70 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $7,384.42 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $7,625.91 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $7,753.01 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $8,261.40 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $8,261.40 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $8,579.15 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $9,151.09 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $9,151.09 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $10,167.88 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $10,167.88 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $10,167.88 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $10,294.98 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $10,422.08 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $10,422.08 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $10,549.18 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $11,438.87 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $11,693.06 ↑ +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

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post

Tgsap so/hl 51/< rna alys at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $6,354.93 $2,414.87 – $12,709.85
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $6,354.93 $1,270.99 – $11,693.06
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $6,354.93 $1,270.99 – $11,693.06
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $6,354.93 $2,772.02 – $11,438.87
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $6,354.93 $2,977.99 – $11,693.06
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $6,354.93 $1,901.39 – $12,074.36
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $6,354.93 $1,559.50 – $12,074.36
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $6,354.93 $1,779.38 – $12,074.36

All North-carolina hospitals for this procedure →