Cta neck without &/or 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

$2,326.75

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.

$4,653.50

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.

$73.21 with Partners vs $4,281.22 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 $73.21 ↓ -97%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $73.21 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $73.94 ↓ -97%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $73.94 ↓ -97%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $73.94 ↓ -97%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $73.94 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $73.94 ↓ -97%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $73.94 ↓ -97%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $74.67 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $77.20 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $78.74 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $79.90 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $80.12 ↓ -97%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $96.50 ↓ -96%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $331.12 ↓ -86%
Aetna Broad Network $365.32 ↓ -84%
Alliance Behavioral Health $481.64 ↓ -79%
MedCost PPO $482.44 ↓ -79%
MedCost Ultra $482.44 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $653.82 ↓ -72%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $791.10 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $917.11 ↓ -61%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,023.10 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,040.99 ↓ -55%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,233.18 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,369.99 ↓ -41%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,600.80 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,689.22 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,870.71 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,014.97 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,056.85 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,326.75 ↑ +0%
Magellan Behavioral Health $2,792.10 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,024.78 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $3,024.78 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,141.11 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $3,350.52 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $3,350.52 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $3,722.80 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $3,722.80 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $3,722.80 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,722.80 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $3,722.80 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $3,815.87 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $4,048.55 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $4,188.15 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $4,281.22 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Cta neck without &/or w/contrast at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,326.75 $73.94 – $4,095.08
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,326.75 $73.21 – $4,281.22
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,326.75 $73.21 – $4,281.22
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $2,326.75 $73.21 – $4,188.15
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $2,326.75 $73.94 – $4,281.22
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,326.75 $73.21 – $4,420.83
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,326.75 $73.21 – $4,420.83
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,326.75 $73.21 – $4,420.83

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