Exercise tst brncspsm wo ecg 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

$272.08

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.

$544.15

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.

$19.96 with Cigna Healthspring vs $500.62 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 $19.96 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Advantage $20.36 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $20.66 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $20.72 ↓ -92%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $24.95 ↓ -91%
Partners Managed Medicaid $54.42 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $55.78 ↓ -79%
Alliance Behavioral Health $56.32 ↓ -79%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $56.42 ↓ -79%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $56.81 ↓ -79%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $56.81 ↓ -79%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $56.81 ↓ -79%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $56.98 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $56.98 ↓ -79%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $57.55 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $125.10 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $125.43 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $144.20 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $160.20 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $165.04 ↓ -39%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $187.19 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $197.53 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $218.75 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $221.47 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $235.62 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $240.51 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $249.22 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $254.66 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $272.08 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $274.80 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $281.87 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $315.61 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $326.49 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $353.70 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $353.70 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $367.30 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $391.79 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $391.79 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $435.32 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $435.32 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $435.32 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $435.32 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $435.32 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $446.20 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $473.41 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $489.74 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $500.62 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Exercise tst brncspsm wo ecg at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $272.08 $19.96 – $478.85
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $272.08 $19.96 – $500.62
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $272.08 $19.96 – $500.62
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $272.08 $19.96 – $489.74
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Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $272.08 $19.96 – $516.94
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $272.08 $19.96 – $516.94
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $272.08 $19.96 – $516.94

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