Fine needle aspiration biopsy w/fluor gdn;1st lesion 10007 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

$1,058.25

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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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$2,116.50

Gross charge

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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.

$80.39 with Partners vs $1,947.18 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

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 $80.39 ↓ -92%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $80.39 ↓ -92%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $81.19 ↓ -92%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $81.19 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $81.19 ↓ -92%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $81.19 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $81.19 ↓ -92%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $81.19 ↓ -92%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $82.00 ↓ -92%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $82.07 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare Advantage $83.71 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $84.94 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $85.18 ↓ -92%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $102.59 ↓ -90%
Alliance Behavioral Health $219.06 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $334.62 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $424.99 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $559.18 ↓ -47%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $560.87 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $623.10 ↓ -41%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $728.08 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $768.29 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $850.83 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $861.42 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $916.44 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $935.49 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $969.36 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $990.52 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,058.25 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $1,068.83 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,096.35 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $1,227.57 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,269.90 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,375.73 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $1,375.73 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,428.64 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $1,523.88 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,523.88 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $1,693.20 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $1,693.20 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $1,693.20 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,693.20 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $1,693.20 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,735.53 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $1,841.36 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,904.85 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,947.18 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Fine needle aspiration biopsy w/fluor gdn;1st lesion 10007 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,058.25 $81.19 – $1,862.52
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,058.25 $80.39 – $1,947.18
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,058.25 $80.39 – $1,947.18
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $1,058.25 $80.39 – $1,904.85
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $1,058.25 $81.19 – $1,947.18
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,058.25 $80.39 – $2,010.68
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,058.25 $80.39 – $2,010.68
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,058.25 $80.39 – $2,010.68

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