Cystoscopy and treatment 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

$4,160.10

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.

$8,320.20

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.

$143.10 with Trillium vs $7,654.58 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
Trillium Managed Medicaid $143.10 ↓ -97%
Partners Managed Medicaid $143.10 ↓ -97%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $144.53 ↓ -97%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $144.53 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $144.53 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $144.53 ↓ -97%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $144.53 ↓ -97%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $144.53 ↓ -97%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $145.96 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $185.49 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $189.20 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $191.98 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $192.51 ↓ -95%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $231.86 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $501.06 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $659.34 ↓ -84%
Alliance Behavioral Health $861.14 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,315.42 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,670.70 ↓ -60%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $2,204.85 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2,449.47 ↓ -41%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,862.15 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $3,020.23 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $3,344.72 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $3,386.32 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $3,602.65 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $3,677.53 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $3,810.65 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $4,160.10 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $4,201.70 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,309.86 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $4,825.72 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $4,992.12 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $5,408.13 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $5,408.13 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $5,616.14 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $5,990.54 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $5,990.54 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $6,656.16 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $6,656.16 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $6,656.16 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $6,656.16 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $6,656.16 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $6,822.56 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $7,238.57 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $7,488.18 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $7,654.58 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Cystoscopy and treatment at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $4,160.10 $144.53 – $7,321.78
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $4,160.10 $143.10 – $7,654.58
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $4,160.10 $143.10 – $7,654.58
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Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $4,160.10 $144.53 – $7,654.58
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $4,160.10 $143.10 – $7,904.19
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