Treat humerus fracture 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

$180.65

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.

$361.30

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.

$75.38 with Molina vs $584.54 with Ortho Carolina — 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 $75.38 ↓ -58%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $78.80 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $79.49 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $79.56 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $80.28 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $80.28 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $80.28 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $81.08 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $81.87 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $82.70 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $95.74 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $104.96 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $116.70 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $117.89 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $123.56 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $131.15 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $147.05 ↓ -19%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $149.14 ↓ -17%
Cigna Commercial NB $156.44 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $159.69 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $163.67 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $165.48 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $177.04 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $180.65 ↑ +0%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $196.26 ↑ +9%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $204.13 ↑ +13%
MedCost PPO $209.92 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $216.78 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $220.39 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $234.85 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $234.85 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $243.88 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $260.14 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $260.14 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $274.05 ↑ +52%
Healthgram Commercial $289.04 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $289.04 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $289.04 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $292.65 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $296.27 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $296.27 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $299.88 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $325.17 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $332.40 ↑ +84%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $467.63 ↑ +159%
Humana Medicare Advantage $476.98 ↑ +164%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $484.00 ↑ +168%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $485.33 ↑ +169%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $584.54 ↑ +224%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Treat humerus fracture at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $180.65 $67.56 – $333.55
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $180.65 $36.13 – $584.54
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $180.65 $36.13 – $584.54
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $180.65 $75.38 – $584.54
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $180.65 $110.52 – $476.98
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $180.65 $54.05 – $476.98
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $180.65 $44.33 – $584.54
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $180.65 $50.58 – $476.98

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