Eth estr and eton monthly 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

$377.85

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.

$755.70

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.

$47.85 with Partners vs $440.17 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 $47.85 ↓ -87%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $49.04 ↓ -87%
Alliance Behavioral Health $49.52 ↓ -87%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $49.95 ↓ -87%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $49.95 ↓ -87%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $49.95 ↓ -87%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $50.43 ↓ -87%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $50.95 ↓ -87%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $51.43 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $72.29 ↓ -81%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $126.79 ↓ -66%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $140.86 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $143.92 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $143.92 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $143.92 ↓ -62%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $164.59 ↓ -56%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $173.68 ↓ -54%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $191.38 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $192.34 ↓ -49%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $194.73 ↓ -48%
Cigna Commercial NB $207.17 ↓ -45%
Employers Health Network Commercial $211.47 ↓ -44%
Aetna Broad Network $219.13 ↓ -42%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $223.91 ↓ -41%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $239.23 ↓ -37%
MedCost Ultra $241.62 ↓ -36%
MedCost PPO $277.50 ↓ -27%
Magellan Behavioral Health $287.07 ↓ -24%
Quik Trip Commercial $310.99 ↓ -18%
GMMI Commercial $310.99 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial SAR $322.95 ↓ -15%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $344.48 ↓ -9%
ChoiceCare Commercial $344.48 ↓ -9%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $382.76 ↑ +1%
First Health Commercial $382.76 ↑ +1%
Aetna First Health Commercial $382.76 ↑ +1%
Cigna Behavioral Health $382.76 ↑ +1%
Healthgram Commercial $382.76 ↑ +1%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $392.33 ↑ +4%
Provider Select Commercial $416.25 ↑ +10%
Beechstreet Commercial $430.61 ↑ +14%
Multiplan Commercial $440.17 ↑ +16%
Ortho Carolina Commercial not published by hospital
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Humana Medicare Advantage not published by hospital

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Eth estr and eton monthly at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $377.85 $90.91 – $478.45
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $377.85 $104.35 – $440.17
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $377.85 $47.85 – $440.17
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $377.85 $104.35 – $430.61
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $377.85 $134.97 – $440.17
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $377.85 $71.58 – $454.53
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $377.85 $58.71 – $454.53
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $377.85 $66.98 – $454.53

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