Cltx mndblr/max alv ridge fx 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

$3,676.40

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.

$7,352.80

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.

$308.75 with Partners vs $6,764.58 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 $308.75 ↓ -92%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $308.75 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $311.84 ↓ -92%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $311.84 ↓ -92%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $311.84 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $311.84 ↓ -92%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $311.84 ↓ -92%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $311.84 ↓ -92%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $314.93 ↓ -91%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $543.45 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare Advantage $554.32 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $562.47 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $564.02 ↓ -85%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $679.31 ↓ -82%
Alliance Behavioral Health $761.01 ↓ -79%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,948.49 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2,164.66 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,374.95 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,529.36 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,669.07 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,866.12 ↓ -22%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $2,992.59 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $3,183.76 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $3,249.94 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,323.47 ↓ -10%
Aetna Broad Network $3,367.58 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $3,676.40 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $3,713.16 ↑ +1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,771.25 ↑ +3%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,154.33 ↑ +13%
MedCost PPO $4,264.62 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $4,411.68 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $4,779.32 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $4,779.32 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $4,963.14 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $5,294.02 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $5,294.02 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $5,570.48 ↑ +52%
First Health Commercial $5,882.24 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $5,882.24 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $5,882.24 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $5,882.24 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $5,882.24 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $6,029.30 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $6,396.94 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $6,617.52 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $6,764.58 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Cltx mndblr/max alv ridge fx at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $3,676.40 $311.84 – $6,470.46
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $3,676.40 $75.38 – $6,764.58
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $3,676.40 $308.75 – $6,764.58
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $3,676.40 $75.38 – $6,617.52
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $3,676.40 $311.84 – $6,764.58
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $3,676.40 $308.75 – $6,985.16
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $3,676.40 $308.75 – $6,985.16
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $3,676.40 $308.75 – $6,985.16

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