Verteporfin injection 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

$3,244.43

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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$6,488.85

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.

$11.77 with Humana vs $5,969.74 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $11.77 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $11.94 ↓ -100%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $12.11 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $12.15 ↓ -100%
Molina Managed Medicaid $12.33 ↓ -100%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $14.42 ↓ -100%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $1,415.22 ↓ -56%
Partners Managed Medicaid $1,427.55 ↓ -56%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,428.84 ↓ -56%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $1,441.82 ↓ -56%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $1,441.82 ↓ -56%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $1,441.82 ↓ -56%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $1,456.10 ↓ -55%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $1,470.37 ↓ -55%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $1,485.30 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,719.55 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,885.01 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,982.34 ↓ -39%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,010.89 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,010.89 ↓ -38%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $2,117.31 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,219.19 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,355.45 ↓ -27%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,595.54 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,608.52 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $2,640.96 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,809.67 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,868.07 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,939.45 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $2,971.89 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $3,179.54 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $3,244.43 ↑ +0%
MedCost PPO $3,770.02 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $3,893.31 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,958.20 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $4,217.75 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $4,217.75 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $4,379.97 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $4,671.97 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $4,671.97 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $5,191.08 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $5,191.08 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $5,191.08 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $5,255.97 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $5,320.86 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $5,320.86 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $5,385.75 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $5,839.97 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $5,969.74 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Verteporfin injection at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $3,244.43 $1,232.88 – $6,488.85
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $3,244.43 $11.77 – $5,969.74
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $3,244.43 $11.77 – $5,969.74
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $3,244.43 $11.77 – $5,839.97
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $3,244.43 $11.77 – $5,969.74
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $3,244.43 $11.77 – $6,164.41
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $3,244.43 $11.77 – $6,164.41
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $3,244.43 $11.77 – $6,164.41

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