Explore/treat finger joint 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

$2,782.28

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.

$5,564.55

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.

$270.42 with Partners vs $5,119.39 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 $270.42 ↓ -90%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $270.42 ↓ -90%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $273.12 ↓ -90%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $273.12 ↓ -90%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $273.12 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $273.12 ↓ -90%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $273.12 ↓ -90%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $273.12 ↓ -90%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $275.83 ↓ -90%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $375.62 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare Advantage $383.13 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $388.77 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $389.84 ↓ -86%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $469.53 ↓ -83%
Alliance Behavioral Health $575.93 ↓ -79%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,474.61 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,638.20 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,797.35 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,914.21 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,019.93 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,169.06 ↓ -22%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $2,264.77 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,409.45 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,459.53 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,515.18 ↓ -10%
Aetna Broad Network $2,548.56 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,782.28 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $2,810.10 ↑ +1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,854.06 ↑ +3%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,143.97 ↑ +13%
MedCost PPO $3,227.44 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $3,338.73 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,616.96 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $3,616.96 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,756.07 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $4,006.48 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $4,006.48 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $4,215.70 ↑ +52%
First Health Commercial $4,451.64 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $4,451.64 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $4,451.64 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $4,451.64 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $4,451.64 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $4,562.93 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $4,841.16 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $5,008.10 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $5,119.39 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Explore/treat finger joint at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,782.28 $273.12 – $4,896.80
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,782.28 $75.38 – $5,119.39
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,782.28 $270.42 – $5,119.39
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $2,782.28 $75.38 – $5,008.10
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $2,782.28 $273.12 – $5,119.39
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,782.28 $270.42 – $5,286.32
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Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,782.28 $270.42 – $5,286.32

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