Dilate biliary duct/ampulla 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

$2,794.88

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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$5,589.75

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.

$113.34 with Partners vs $5,142.57 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 $113.34 ↓ -96%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $113.34 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $114.47 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $114.47 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $114.47 ↓ -96%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $114.47 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $114.47 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $114.47 ↓ -96%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $115.61 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $122.99 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $125.45 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $127.29 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $127.65 ↓ -95%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $153.74 ↓ -94%
Alliance Behavioral Health $578.54 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $883.74 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,122.42 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,476.81 ↓ -47%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,481.28 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,645.62 ↓ -41%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,922.87 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,029.08 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,247.08 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $2,275.03 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,420.36 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,470.67 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $2,560.11 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,616.00 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,794.88 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $2,822.82 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,895.49 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $3,242.06 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $3,353.85 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,633.34 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $3,633.34 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,773.08 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $4,024.62 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $4,024.62 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $4,471.80 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $4,471.80 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $4,471.80 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $4,471.80 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $4,471.80 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $4,583.60 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $4,863.08 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $5,030.78 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $5,142.57 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Dilate biliary duct/ampulla at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,794.88 $114.47 – $4,918.98
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,794.88 $113.34 – $5,142.57
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,794.88 $113.34 – $5,142.57
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $2,794.88 $113.34 – $5,030.78
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $2,794.88 $114.47 – $5,142.57
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,794.88 $113.34 – $5,310.26
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,794.88 $113.34 – $5,310.26
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,794.88 $113.34 – $5,310.26

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