Transperi needle place pros 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

$6,595.85

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.

$13,191.70

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.

$629.63 with Molina vs $12,136.36 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
Molina Managed Medicaid $629.63 ↓ -90%
Partners Managed Medicaid $633.63 ↓ -90%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $639.97 ↓ -90%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $639.97 ↓ -90%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $639.97 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $639.97 ↓ -90%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $639.97 ↓ -90%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $639.97 ↓ -90%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $639.97 ↓ -90%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $646.30 ↓ -90%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $726.90 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare Advantage $741.44 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $752.34 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $754.41 ↓ -89%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $908.63 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2,370.55 ↓ -64%
Alliance Behavioral Health $2,904.81 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $3,114.56 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $3,495.80 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $3,832.19 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,097.34 ↓ -38%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $4,511.56 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $4,788.59 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $5,303.06 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $5,369.02 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $5,712.01 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $5,830.73 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $5,975.84 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $6,041.80 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $6,463.93 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $6,595.85 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $6,833.30 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $7,664.38 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $7,915.02 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $8,046.94 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $8,574.61 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $8,574.61 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $8,904.40 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $9,498.02 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $9,498.02 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $10,553.36 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $10,553.36 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $10,553.36 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $10,685.28 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $10,817.19 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $10,817.19 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $10,949.11 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $11,872.53 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $12,136.36 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Transperi needle place pros at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $6,595.85 $639.97 – $11,608.70
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $6,595.85 $633.63 – $12,136.36
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $6,595.85 $633.63 – $12,136.36
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $6,595.85 $629.63 – $11,872.53
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $6,595.85 $639.97 – $12,136.36
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $6,595.85 $633.63 – $12,532.12
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $6,595.85 $633.63 – $12,532.12
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $6,595.85 $633.63 – $12,532.12

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