Crbrospnl fld flw imag cistern 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

$806.60

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.

$1,613.20

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.

$28.41 with Partners vs $1,484.14 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 $28.41 ↓ -96%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $28.41 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $28.69 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $28.69 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $28.69 ↓ -96%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $28.69 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $28.69 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $28.69 ↓ -96%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $28.98 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $29.53 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $30.12 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $30.56 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $30.65 ↓ -96%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $36.91 ↓ -95%
Alliance Behavioral Health $166.97 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $370.87 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $371.84 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $427.50 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $474.93 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $489.28 ↓ -39%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $554.94 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $585.59 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $648.51 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $656.57 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $698.52 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $713.03 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $738.85 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $754.98 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $806.60 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $814.67 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $835.64 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $935.66 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $967.92 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,048.58 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $1,048.58 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,088.91 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $1,161.50 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,161.50 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $1,290.56 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $1,290.56 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $1,290.56 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,290.56 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $1,290.56 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,322.82 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $1,403.48 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,451.88 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,484.14 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Crbrospnl fld flw imag cistern at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $806.60 $28.69 – $1,419.62
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $806.60 $28.41 – $1,484.14
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $806.60 $28.41 – $1,484.14
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $806.60 $28.41 – $1,451.88
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $806.60 $28.69 – $1,484.14
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $806.60 $28.41 – $1,532.54
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $806.60 $28.41 – $1,532.54
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $806.60 $28.41 – $1,532.54

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