Warde bile acids 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

$122.00

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.

$244.00

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.

$17.46 with Humana vs $224.48 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 $17.46 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $17.72 ↓ -85%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $17.98 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $18.03 ↓ -85%
Partners Managed Medicaid $20.09 ↓ -84%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $20.29 ↓ -83%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $20.29 ↓ -83%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $20.29 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $20.29 ↓ -83%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $20.29 ↓ -83%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $20.29 ↓ -83%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $20.29 ↓ -83%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $20.49 ↓ -83%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $21.40 ↓ -82%
Molina Managed Medicaid $25.40 ↓ -79%
Alliance Behavioral Health $53.73 ↓ -56%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $64.66 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $70.88 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $80.64 ↓ -34%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $81.11 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $83.45 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $88.57 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $98.09 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $99.31 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $105.65 ↓ -13%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $106.73 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $107.85 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $110.53 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $111.75 ↓ -8%
MedCost Ultra $119.56 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $122.00 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $126.39 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $141.76 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $146.40 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $148.84 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $158.60 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $158.60 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $164.70 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $175.68 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $175.68 ↑ +44%
Cigna Behavioral Health $195.20 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $195.20 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $195.20 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $197.64 ↑ +62%
Lifesynch Community Choice Care Behavioral Health $200.08 ↑ +64%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $200.08 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $202.52 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $219.60 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $224.48 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Warde bile acids at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $122.00 $20.29 – $214.72
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $122.00 $17.46 – $224.48
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $122.00 $17.46 – $224.48
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $122.00 $17.46 – $219.60
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $122.00 $17.46 – $224.48
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $122.00 $17.46 – $231.80
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $122.00 $17.46 – $231.80
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $122.00 $17.46 – $231.80

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