CT neck soft tissue without & w/contrast 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

$3,038.68

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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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$6,077.35

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.

$59.83 with Partners vs $5,591.16 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 $59.83 ↓ -98%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $59.83 ↓ -98%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $60.43 ↓ -98%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $60.43 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $60.43 ↓ -98%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $60.43 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $60.43 ↓ -98%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $60.43 ↓ -98%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $61.03 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $71.28 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage $72.71 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $73.77 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $73.98 ↓ -98%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $89.10 ↓ -97%
Alliance Behavioral Health $629.01 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $853.87 ↓ -72%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $906.00 ↓ -70%
Aetna Broad Network $1,020.00 ↓ -66%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,023.10 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,033.15 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,359.50 ↓ -55%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,610.50 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,789.17 ↓ -41%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,090.61 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,206.08 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,443.09 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,631.49 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,686.19 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,844.20 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $3,038.68 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $3,069.06 ↑ +1%
MedCost PPO $3,524.86 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $3,646.41 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,950.28 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $3,950.28 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $4,102.21 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $4,375.69 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $4,375.69 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $4,861.88 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $4,861.88 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $4,861.88 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $4,861.88 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $4,861.88 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $4,983.43 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $5,287.29 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $5,469.62 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $5,591.16 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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CT neck soft tissue without & w/contrast at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $3,038.68 $60.43 – $5,348.07
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $3,038.68 $59.83 – $5,591.16
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $3,038.68 $59.83 – $5,591.16
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $3,038.68 $59.83 – $5,469.62
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $3,038.68 $60.43 – $5,591.16
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $3,038.68 $59.83 – $5,773.48
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $3,038.68 $59.83 – $5,773.48
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $3,038.68 $59.83 – $5,773.48

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