Biopsy oocyte polar body 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

$1,168.35

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.

$2,336.70

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.

$166.24 with Humana vs $2,149.76 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 $166.24 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $168.68 ↓ -86%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $171.13 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $171.63 ↓ -85%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $203.73 ↓ -83%
Partners Managed Medicaid $233.67 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $239.51 ↓ -80%
Alliance Behavioral Health $241.85 ↓ -79%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $243.95 ↓ -79%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $243.95 ↓ -79%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $243.95 ↓ -79%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $246.29 ↓ -79%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $248.86 ↓ -79%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $251.20 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $353.08 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $537.21 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $538.61 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $619.23 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $687.92 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $708.72 ↓ -39%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $803.82 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $848.22 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $939.35 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $951.04 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,011.79 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,032.82 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $1,070.21 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,093.58 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,168.35 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $1,180.03 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,210.41 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $1,355.29 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,402.02 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,518.86 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $1,518.86 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,577.27 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $1,682.42 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,682.42 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $1,869.36 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $1,869.36 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $1,869.36 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,869.36 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $1,869.36 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,916.09 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $2,032.93 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $2,103.03 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $2,149.76 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Biopsy oocyte polar body at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,168.35 $443.97 – $2,336.70
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,168.35 $166.24 – $2,149.76
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,168.35 $166.24 – $2,149.76
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $1,168.35 $166.24 – $2,103.03
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $1,168.35 $174.79 – $2,149.76
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,168.35 $166.24 – $2,219.87
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,168.35 $166.24 – $2,219.87
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,168.35 $164.13 – $2,219.87

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