Change nephroureteral cath 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

$615.95

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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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$1,231.90

Gross charge

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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.

$75.75 with Cigna Healthspring vs $1,133.35 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $75.75 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage $77.27 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $78.40 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $78.62 ↓ -87%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $84.88 ↓ -86%
Partners Managed Medicaid $84.88 ↓ -86%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $85.73 ↓ -86%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $85.73 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $85.73 ↓ -86%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $85.73 ↓ -86%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $85.73 ↓ -86%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $85.73 ↓ -86%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $86.58 ↓ -86%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $94.69 ↓ -85%
Alliance Behavioral Health $127.50 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $194.76 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $247.37 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $325.47 ↓ -47%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $326.45 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $362.67 ↓ -41%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $423.77 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $447.18 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $495.22 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $501.38 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $533.41 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $544.50 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $564.21 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $576.53 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $615.95 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $622.11 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $638.12 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $714.50 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $739.14 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $800.74 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $800.74 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $831.53 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $886.97 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $886.97 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $985.52 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $985.52 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $985.52 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $985.52 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $985.52 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,010.16 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $1,071.75 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,108.71 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,133.35 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Change nephroureteral cath at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $615.95 $75.75 – $1,084.07
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $615.95 $75.75 – $1,133.35
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $615.95 $75.75 – $1,133.35
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $615.95 $75.75 – $1,108.71
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $615.95 $75.75 – $1,133.35
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $615.95 $75.75 – $1,170.31
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $615.95 $75.75 – $1,170.31
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $615.95 $75.75 – $1,170.31

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