Epidural/lumbar/sacral/ea add level64484 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

$1,674.70

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.

$3,349.40

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.

$46.95 with Cigna Healthspring vs $3,081.45 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 $46.95 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $47.89 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $48.59 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $48.73 ↓ -97%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $51.84 ↓ -97%
Partners Managed Medicaid $51.84 ↓ -97%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $52.36 ↓ -97%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $52.36 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $52.36 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $52.36 ↓ -97%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $52.36 ↓ -97%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $52.36 ↓ -97%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $52.88 ↓ -97%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $58.69 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $196.71 ↓ -88%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $216.02 ↓ -87%
Aetna Broad Network $238.33 ↓ -86%
Alliance Behavioral Health $346.66 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $529.54 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $672.56 ↓ -60%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $887.59 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $986.06 ↓ -41%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,152.19 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,215.83 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,346.46 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,450.29 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,480.43 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,567.52 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,674.70 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $1,691.45 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,734.99 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $1,942.65 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $2,009.64 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,177.11 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $2,177.11 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $2,260.85 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $2,411.57 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $2,411.57 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $2,679.52 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $2,679.52 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $2,679.52 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,679.52 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $2,679.52 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,746.51 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $2,913.98 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $3,014.46 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $3,081.45 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Epidural/lumbar/sacral/ea add level64484 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,674.70 $46.95 – $2,947.47
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,674.70 $46.95 – $3,081.45
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,674.70 $46.95 – $3,081.45
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $1,674.70 $46.95 – $3,014.46
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $1,674.70 $46.95 – $3,081.45
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,674.70 $46.95 – $3,181.93
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,674.70 $46.95 – $3,181.93
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,674.70 $46.95 – $3,181.93

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