Ciprofloxacin 400 mg/200 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback 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

$31.10

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.

$62.20

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.

$4.50 with Partners vs $41.40 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 $4.50 ↓ -86%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $4.61 ↓ -85%
Alliance Behavioral Health $4.66 ↓ -85%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $4.70 ↓ -85%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $4.70 ↓ -85%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $4.70 ↓ -85%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $4.74 ↓ -85%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $4.79 ↓ -85%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $4.84 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $6.80 ↓ -78%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $11.93 ↓ -62%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $13.25 ↓ -57%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $13.54 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $13.54 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $13.54 ↓ -56%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $15.48 ↓ -50%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $16.34 ↓ -47%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $18.00 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $18.09 ↓ -42%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $18.32 ↓ -41%
Cigna Commercial NB $19.49 ↓ -37%
Employers Health Network Commercial $19.89 ↓ -36%
Aetna Broad Network $20.61 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $21.06 ↓ -32%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $22.50 ↓ -28%
MedCost Ultra $22.73 ↓ -27%
MedCost PPO $26.10 ↓ -16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $27.00 ↓ -13%
Quik Trip Commercial $29.25 ↓ -6%
GMMI Commercial $29.25 ↓ -6%
Cigna Commercial SAR $30.38 ↓ -2%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $32.40 ↑ +4%
ChoiceCare Commercial $32.40 ↑ +4%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $36.00 ↑ +16%
First Health Commercial $36.00 ↑ +16%
Aetna First Health Commercial $36.00 ↑ +16%
Cigna Behavioral Health $36.00 ↑ +16%
Healthgram Commercial $36.00 ↑ +16%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $36.90 ↑ +19%
Provider Select Commercial $39.15 ↑ +26%
Beechstreet Commercial $40.50 ↑ +30%
Multiplan Commercial $41.40 ↑ +33%
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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Ciprofloxacin 400 mg/200 ml in 5 % dextrose intravenous piggyback at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $31.10 $8.55 – $45.00
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $31.10 $2.15 – $41.40
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $31.10 $4.50 – $41.40
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $31.10 $2.15 – $40.50
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $31.10 $12.69 – $41.40
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $31.10 $6.73 – $42.75
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $31.10 $5.52 – $42.75
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $31.10 $6.30 – $42.75

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