Bone marrow;aspiration only 38220 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

$1,248.48

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.

$2,496.95

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.

$47.62 with Trillium vs $2,297.19 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
Trillium Managed Medicaid $47.62 ↓ -96%
Partners Managed Medicaid $47.62 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $48.10 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $48.10 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $48.10 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $48.10 ↓ -96%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $48.10 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $48.10 ↓ -96%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $48.57 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $62.23 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Advantage $63.47 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $64.41 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $64.59 ↓ -95%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $77.79 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $181.55 ↓ -85%
Alliance Behavioral Health $258.43 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $394.77 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $501.39 ↓ -60%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $661.69 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $735.10 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $806.51 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $858.95 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $906.39 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1,016.26 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,081.18 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,103.65 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,128.62 ↓ -10%
Aetna Broad Network $1,143.60 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,248.48 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $1,260.96 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,293.42 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $1,448.23 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,498.17 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,623.02 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $1,623.02 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,685.44 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $1,797.80 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,797.80 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $1,997.56 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $1,997.56 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $1,997.56 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,997.56 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $1,997.56 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,047.50 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $2,172.35 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $2,247.26 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $2,297.19 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Bone marrow;aspiration only 38220 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,248.48 $48.10 – $2,197.32
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,248.48 $47.62 – $2,297.19
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,248.48 $47.62 – $2,297.19
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $1,248.48 $47.62 – $2,247.26
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $1,248.48 $48.10 – $2,297.19
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,248.48 $47.62 – $2,372.10
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,248.48 $47.62 – $2,372.10
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,248.48 $47.62 – $2,372.10

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