Bx vag mucos smpl (sep proc) 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

$371.03

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.

$742.05

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.

$50.45 with Trillium vs $682.69 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 $50.45 ↓ -86%
Partners Managed Medicaid $50.45 ↓ -86%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $50.95 ↓ -86%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $50.95 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $50.95 ↓ -86%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $50.95 ↓ -86%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $50.95 ↓ -86%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $50.95 ↓ -86%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $51.46 ↓ -86%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $60.19 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare Advantage $61.39 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $62.30 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $62.47 ↓ -83%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $75.24 ↓ -80%
Alliance Behavioral Health $76.80 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $117.32 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $148.79 ↓ -60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $157.22 ↓ -58%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $195.78 ↓ -47%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $196.64 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $215.25 ↓ -42%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $218.46 ↓ -41%
Aetna Broad Network $219.87 ↓ -41%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $255.27 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $269.36 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $298.30 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $302.01 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $321.31 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $327.99 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $371.03 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $374.74 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $384.38 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $430.39 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $445.23 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $482.33 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $482.33 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $500.88 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $534.28 ↑ +44%
First Health Commercial $593.64 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $593.64 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $593.64 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $593.64 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $593.64 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $608.48 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $645.58 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $667.85 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $682.69 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Bx vag mucos smpl (sep proc) at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $371.03 $50.95 – $653.00
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $371.03 $50.45 – $879.37
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $371.03 $50.45 – $682.69
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $371.03 $50.45 – $879.37
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $371.03 $50.95 – $682.69
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $371.03 $50.45 – $704.95
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $371.03 $50.45 – $704.95
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $371.03 $50.45 – $704.95

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