Assay of urine sulfate at Atrium Health Pineville

10628 Park Rd, Charlotte, NC · Atrium Health · · NPI 1417432840

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 5, 2025 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$95.13

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.

$190.25

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.

$5.60 with Humana vs $175.03 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 $5.60 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $5.68 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $5.76 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $5.78 ↓ -94%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $5.86 ↓ -94%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $5.92 ↓ -94%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $5.92 ↓ -94%
Partners Managed Medicaid $5.92 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $5.92 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $5.92 ↓ -94%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $5.92 ↓ -94%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $5.92 ↓ -94%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $5.98 ↓ -94%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $6.86 ↓ -93%
Alliance Behavioral Health $19.50 ↓ -80%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $50.42 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $55.27 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $55.29 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $56.22 ↓ -41%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $65.07 ↓ -32%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $69.06 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $73.97 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $76.48 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $77.43 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $82.38 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $84.09 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $87.13 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $89.61 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $95.13 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $98.55 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $102.35 ↑ +8%
MedCost PPO $113.77 ↑ +20%
Magellan Behavioral Health $114.15 ↑ +20%
GMMI Commercial $123.66 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $123.66 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $128.42 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $136.98 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $152.20 ↑ +60%
Provider Select Commercial $154.10 ↑ +62%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $156.01 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $157.91 ↑ +66%
Aetna First Health Commercial $157.91 ↑ +66%
Beechstreet Commercial $171.23 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $175.03 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Assay of urine sulfate at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $95.13 $5.92 – $167.42
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $95.13 $5.60 – $175.03
Atrium Health University City Charlotte $95.13 $5.60 – $175.03
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $95.13 $5.60 – $171.23
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $95.13 $5.60 – $175.03
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $95.13 $5.60 – $180.74
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $95.13 $5.60 – $180.74
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $95.13 $5.60 – $180.74

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