Dilate urethra stricture 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

$44.30

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.

$88.60

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.

$8.86 with Partners vs $81.51 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 $8.86 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $9.08 ↓ -80%
Alliance Behavioral Health $9.17 ↓ -79%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $9.25 ↓ -79%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $9.25 ↓ -79%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $9.25 ↓ -79%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $9.34 ↓ -79%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $9.44 ↓ -79%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $9.52 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $13.39 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $14.01 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $17.79 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $23.41 ↓ -47%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $23.48 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $26.08 ↓ -41%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $30.48 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $32.16 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $35.62 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $36.06 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $38.36 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $39.16 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $40.58 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $41.46 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $44.30 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $44.74 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $45.89 ↑ +4%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $49.17 ↑ +11%
Humana Medicare Advantage $50.15 ↑ +13%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $50.89 ↑ +15%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $51.03 ↑ +15%
MedCost PPO $51.39 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $53.16 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $57.59 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $57.59 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $59.81 ↑ +35%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $61.46 ↑ +39%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $63.79 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $63.79 ↑ +44%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $70.88 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $70.88 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $70.88 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $70.88 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $70.88 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $72.65 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $77.08 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $79.74 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $81.51 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Dilate urethra stricture at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $44.30 $16.83 – $77.97
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $44.30 $15.92 – $81.51
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $44.30 $8.86 – $81.51
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $44.30 $16.97 – $79.74
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $44.30 $27.10 – $81.51
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $44.30 $13.25 – $84.17
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $44.30 $10.87 – $84.17
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $44.30 $12.40 – $84.17

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