Treatment of ankle fracture 27786 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

$377.18

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$754.35

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 $694.00 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 $75.38 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $135.56 ↓ -64%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $164.52 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $165.96 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $166.11 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $167.62 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $167.62 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $167.62 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $169.28 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $170.94 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $172.67 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $178.10 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $194.14 ↓ -49%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $199.90 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $219.14 ↓ -42%
Humana Medicare Advantage $232.71 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $234.30 ↓ -38%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $236.14 ↓ -37%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $239.56 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $240.26 ↓ -36%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $243.66 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $257.99 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $273.83 ↓ -27%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $285.19 ↓ -24%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $307.02 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $326.63 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $333.42 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $341.72 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $345.49 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $369.63 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $377.18 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $390.75 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $438.28 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $452.61 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $460.15 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $490.33 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $490.33 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $509.19 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $543.13 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $543.13 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $603.48 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $603.48 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $603.48 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $611.02 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $618.57 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $618.57 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $626.11 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $678.92 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $694.00 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Treatment of ankle fracture 27786 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $377.18 $141.06 – $663.83
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $377.18 $75.44 – $694.00
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $377.18 $75.44 – $694.00
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $377.18 $75.38 – $678.92
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $377.18 $194.14 – $694.00
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $377.18 $112.85 – $716.63
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $377.18 $92.56 – $716.63
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $377.18 $105.61 – $716.63

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