Vngrph chd vnvn cltrl at/abv 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

$2,367.20

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.

$4,734.40

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.

$75.58 with Molina vs $4,355.65 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 $75.58 ↓ -97%
Partners Managed Medicaid $82.35 ↓ -97%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $83.17 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $83.17 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $83.17 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $83.17 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $83.17 ↓ -96%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $83.17 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $83.17 ↓ -96%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $84.00 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $94.37 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $96.26 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $97.67 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $97.94 ↓ -96%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $117.96 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $850.77 ↓ -64%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,042.51 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,117.79 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,254.62 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,375.34 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,470.50 ↓ -38%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,619.16 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,718.59 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,903.23 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1,926.90 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,050.00 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,092.60 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,144.68 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $2,168.36 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $2,319.86 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,367.20 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,452.42 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $2,750.69 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $2,840.64 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,887.98 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,077.36 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $3,077.36 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,195.72 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $3,408.77 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $3,408.77 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $3,787.52 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $3,787.52 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $3,787.52 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $3,834.86 ↑ +62%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $3,882.21 ↑ +64%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $3,882.21 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $3,929.55 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $4,260.96 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $4,355.65 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —

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Vngrph chd vnvn cltrl at/abv at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,367.20 $83.17 – $4,166.27
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,367.20 $82.35 – $4,355.65
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $2,367.20 $82.35 – $4,355.65
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $2,367.20 $75.58 – $4,260.96
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $2,367.20 $83.17 – $4,355.65
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,367.20 $82.35 – $4,497.68
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,367.20 $82.35 – $4,497.68
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,367.20 $82.35 – $4,497.68

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