Cath groshong MRI 8fr plstc port 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

$682.50

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.

$1,365.00

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.

$14.85 with Partners vs $136.62 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 $14.85 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $15.22 ↓ -98%
Alliance Behavioral Health $15.37 ↓ -98%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $15.50 ↓ -98%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $15.50 ↓ -98%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $15.50 ↓ -98%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $15.65 ↓ -98%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $15.82 ↓ -98%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $15.96 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $22.44 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $23.48 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $29.82 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $39.23 ↓ -94%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $39.35 ↓ -94%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $43.72 ↓ -94%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $51.08 ↓ -93%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $53.91 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $59.70 ↓ -91%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $60.44 ↓ -91%
Cigna Commercial NB $64.30 ↓ -91%
Employers Health Network Commercial $65.64 ↓ -90%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $67.42 ↓ -90%
Aetna Broad Network $68.01 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $69.50 ↓ -90%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $74.25 ↓ -89%
MedCost Ultra $74.99 ↓ -89%
MedCost PPO $86.13 ↓ -87%
Magellan Behavioral Health $89.10 ↓ -87%
Quik Trip Commercial $96.53 ↓ -86%
GMMI Commercial $96.53 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial SAR $100.24 ↓ -85%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $106.92 ↓ -84%
ChoiceCare Commercial $106.92 ↓ -84%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $118.80 ↓ -83%
First Health Commercial $118.80 ↓ -83%
Aetna First Health Commercial $118.80 ↓ -83%
Cigna Behavioral Health $118.80 ↓ -83%
Healthgram Commercial $118.80 ↓ -83%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $121.77 ↓ -82%
Provider Select Commercial $129.20 ↓ -81%
Beechstreet Commercial $133.65 ↓ -80%
Multiplan Commercial $136.62 ↓ -80%
Ortho Carolina Commercial not published by hospital
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Humana Medicare Advantage not published by hospital

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Cath groshong MRI 8fr plstc port at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $682.50 $28.22 – $148.50
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $682.50 $26.69 – $136.62
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $682.50 $14.85 – $136.62
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $682.50 $28.44 – $133.65
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $682.50 $45.43 – $136.62
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $682.50 $22.22 – $141.08
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $682.50 $18.22 – $141.08
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $682.50 $20.79 – $141.08

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