Biopsy vestibule of mouth 40808 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

$601.00

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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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$1,202.00

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.

$76.04 with Partners vs $1,105.84 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 $76.04 ↓ -87%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $76.04 ↓ -87%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $76.80 ↓ -87%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $76.80 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $76.80 ↓ -87%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $76.80 ↓ -87%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $76.80 ↓ -87%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $76.80 ↓ -87%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $77.56 ↓ -87%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $83.19 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare Advantage $84.85 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $86.10 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $86.34 ↓ -86%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $103.99 ↓ -83%
Alliance Behavioral Health $124.41 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $190.04 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $241.36 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $299.96 ↓ -50%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $318.53 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $353.87 ↓ -41%
Aetna Broad Network $355.06 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $393.98 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $413.49 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $436.33 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $483.20 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $489.21 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $520.47 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $531.28 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $601.00 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $607.01 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $622.64 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $697.16 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $721.20 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $781.30 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $781.30 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $811.35 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $865.44 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $865.44 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $961.60 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $961.60 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $961.60 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $961.60 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $961.60 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $985.64 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $1,045.74 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,081.80 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,105.84 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Biopsy vestibule of mouth 40808 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $601.00 $76.80 – $1,057.76
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $601.00 $76.04 – $1,105.84
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $601.00 $76.04 – $1,105.84
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $601.00 $76.04 – $1,081.80
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $601.00 $76.80 – $1,105.84
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $601.00 $76.04 – $1,141.90
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $601.00 $76.04 – $1,141.90
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $601.00 $76.04 – $1,141.90

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