Trichomonas assay w/optic 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

$90.83

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.

$181.65

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.

$14.13 with Partners vs $167.12 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
Partners Managed Medicaid $14.13 ↓ -84%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $14.27 ↓ -84%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $14.27 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $14.27 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $14.27 ↓ -84%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $14.27 ↓ -84%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $14.27 ↓ -84%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $14.27 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $14.37 ↓ -84%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $14.41 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $15.18 ↓ -83%
ChoiceCare Commercial $15.18 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare Advantage $15.60 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $15.83 ↓ -83%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $16.05 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $16.10 ↓ -82%
Molina Managed Medicaid $17.78 ↓ -80%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $18.90 ↓ -79%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $19.11 ↓ -79%
Alliance Behavioral Health $40.00 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $48.14 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $52.77 ↓ -42%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $62.12 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $65.94 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $73.02 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $73.93 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $78.65 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $80.29 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $82.29 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $83.20 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $89.01 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $90.83 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $94.09 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $105.54 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $108.99 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $110.81 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $118.07 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $118.07 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $122.61 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $130.79 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $145.32 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $145.32 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $145.32 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $147.14 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $148.95 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $148.95 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $150.77 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $163.49 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $167.12 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Trichomonas assay w/optic at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $90.83 $14.27 – $159.85
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $90.83 $14.13 – $167.12
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $90.83 $14.13 – $167.12
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $90.83 $14.13 – $163.49
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $90.83 $14.27 – $167.12
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $90.83 $14.13 – $172.57
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $90.83 $14.13 – $172.57
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $90.83 $14.13 – $172.57

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