Analysis gene f2 20210g>a variant 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

$249.03

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.

$498.05

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.

$49.81 with Partners vs $458.21 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
Partners Managed Medicaid $49.81 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $51.05 ↓ -80%
Alliance Behavioral Health $51.55 ↓ -79%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $52.00 ↓ -79%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $52.00 ↓ -79%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $52.00 ↓ -79%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $52.49 ↓ -79%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $53.04 ↓ -79%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $53.54 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare Advantage $67.00 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $67.99 ↓ -73%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $68.97 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $69.18 ↓ -72%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $75.26 ↓ -70%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $82.11 ↓ -67%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $114.50 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $114.80 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $131.98 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $146.63 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $151.06 ↓ -39%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $171.33 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $180.79 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $200.22 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $202.71 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $215.66 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $220.14 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $228.11 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $233.09 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $249.03 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $251.52 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $257.99 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $288.87 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $298.83 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $323.73 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $323.73 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $336.18 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $358.60 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $358.60 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $398.44 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $398.44 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $398.44 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $398.44 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $398.44 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $408.40 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $433.30 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $448.25 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $458.21 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Analysis gene f2 20210g>a variant at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $249.03 $94.63 – $498.05
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $249.03 $67.00 – $458.21
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $249.03 $49.81 – $458.21
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $249.03 $67.00 – $448.25
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $249.03 $67.00 – $458.21
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $249.03 $67.00 – $473.15
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $249.03 $61.11 – $473.15
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $249.03 $67.00 – $473.15

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