Acetaminophen level at Atrium Health University City

8800 N Tryon St, Charlotte, NC · Atrium Health · · NPI 1346297892

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 5, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$202.33

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.

$404.65

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.

$19.01 with Humana vs $372.28 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 $19.01 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $19.29 ↓ -90%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $19.57 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $19.63 ↓ -90%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $23.30 ↓ -88%
Partners Managed Medicaid $40.47 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $41.48 ↓ -79%
Alliance Behavioral Health $41.88 ↓ -79%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $42.25 ↓ -79%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $42.25 ↓ -79%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $42.25 ↓ -79%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $42.65 ↓ -79%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $43.10 ↓ -79%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $43.50 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $61.14 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $93.03 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $93.27 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $107.23 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $119.13 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $122.73 ↓ -39%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $139.20 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $146.89 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $162.67 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $164.69 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $175.21 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $178.86 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $185.33 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $189.38 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $202.33 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $204.35 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $209.61 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $234.70 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $242.79 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $263.02 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $263.02 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $273.14 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $291.35 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $291.35 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $323.72 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $323.72 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $323.72 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $323.72 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $323.72 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $331.81 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $352.05 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $364.19 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $372.28 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Acetaminophen level at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $202.33 $76.88 – $404.65
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $202.33 $17.15 – $372.28
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $202.33 $19.01 – $372.28
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $202.33 $17.15 – $364.19
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $202.33 $19.01 – $372.28
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $202.33 $19.01 – $384.42
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $202.33 $19.01 – $384.42
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $202.33 $19.01 – $384.42

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