Ecog impltd brn npgt <30 d 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

$85.68

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.

$171.35

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.

$17.14 with Partners vs $157.64 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 $17.14 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $17.56 ↓ -80%
Alliance Behavioral Health $17.73 ↓ -79%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $17.89 ↓ -79%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $17.89 ↓ -79%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $17.89 ↓ -79%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $18.06 ↓ -79%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $18.25 ↓ -79%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $18.42 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $25.89 ↓ -70%
Humana Medicare Advantage $36.18 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $36.71 ↓ -57%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $37.24 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $37.35 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $39.39 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $39.50 ↓ -54%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $44.33 ↓ -48%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $45.41 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $50.45 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $51.97 ↓ -39%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $58.94 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $62.20 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $68.88 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $69.74 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $74.19 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $75.74 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $78.48 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $80.19 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $85.68 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $86.53 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $88.76 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $99.38 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $102.81 ↑ +20%
GMMI Commercial $111.38 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $111.38 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $115.66 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $123.37 ↑ +44%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $123.37 ↑ +44%
First Health Commercial $137.08 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $137.08 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $137.08 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $137.08 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $137.08 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $140.51 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $149.07 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $154.22 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $157.64 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —

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Ecog impltd brn npgt <30 d at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $85.68 $32.56 – $171.35
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $85.68 $36.18 – $273.87
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $85.68 $17.14 – $157.64
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $85.68 $36.18 – $273.87
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $85.68 $38.04 – $157.64
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $85.68 $25.63 – $162.78
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $85.68 $21.02 – $162.78
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $85.68 $23.99 – $162.78

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