Ecg 12 lead tracing only 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

$290.78

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.

$581.55

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.

$5.61 with Cigna Healthspring vs $535.03 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $5.61 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage $5.72 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $5.81 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $5.82 ↓ -98%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $7.01 ↓ -98%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $9.06 ↓ -97%
Partners Managed Medicaid $9.06 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $9.15 ↓ -97%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $9.15 ↓ -97%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $9.15 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $9.15 ↓ -97%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $9.15 ↓ -97%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $9.15 ↓ -97%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $9.24 ↓ -97%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $11.24 ↓ -96%
Aetna Broad Network $12.40 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $13.49 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $19.07 ↓ -93%
MedCost Ultra $20.48 ↓ -93%
MedCost PPO $20.48 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $22.68 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $23.96 ↓ -92%
ChoiceCare Commercial $23.96 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $29.85 ↓ -90%
Alliance Behavioral Health $60.19 ↓ -79%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $154.11 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $171.21 ↓ -41%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $200.05 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $211.10 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial NB $251.81 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $257.05 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $290.78 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $301.24 ↑ +4%
Magellan Behavioral Health $348.93 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $378.01 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $378.01 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $392.55 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $418.72 ↑ +44%
First Health Commercial $465.24 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $465.24 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $465.24 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $465.24 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $465.24 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $476.87 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $505.95 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $523.40 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $535.03 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Ecg 12 lead tracing only at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $290.78 $5.61 – $511.76
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $290.78 $5.61 – $535.03
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $290.78 $5.61 – $535.03
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $290.78 $5.61 – $523.40
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $290.78 $5.61 – $535.03
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $290.78 $5.61 – $552.47
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $290.78 $5.61 – $552.47
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $290.78 $5.61 – $552.47

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