Folic acid 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

$104.18

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.

$208.35

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.

$14.11 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina vs $191.68 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
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $14.11 ↓ -86%
ChoiceCare Commercial $14.91 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $14.91 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare Advantage $14.99 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $15.21 ↓ -85%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $15.44 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $15.48 ↓ -85%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $18.13 ↓ -83%
Partners Managed Medicaid $18.13 ↓ -83%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $18.31 ↓ -82%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $18.31 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $18.31 ↓ -82%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $18.31 ↓ -82%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $18.31 ↓ -82%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $18.31 ↓ -82%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $18.38 ↓ -82%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $18.49 ↓ -82%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $18.57 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $20.06 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $20.06 ↓ -81%
Alliance Behavioral Health $21.56 ↓ -79%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $24.71 ↓ -76%
Aetna Broad Network $27.34 ↓ -74%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $31.30 ↓ -70%
MedCost Ultra $33.01 ↓ -68%
MedCost PPO $33.01 ↓ -68%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $55.21 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $61.34 ↓ -41%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $75.63 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial NB $90.22 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $92.09 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $104.18 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $107.93 ↑ +4%
Magellan Behavioral Health $125.01 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $135.43 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $135.43 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $140.64 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $150.01 ↑ +44%
First Health Commercial $166.68 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $166.68 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $166.68 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $166.68 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $166.68 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $170.85 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $181.26 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $187.52 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $191.68 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Folic acid at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $104.18 $18.31 – $183.35
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $104.18 $14.11 – $191.68
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $104.18 $14.11 – $191.68
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $104.18 $14.11 – $187.52
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $104.18 $14.11 – $191.68
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $104.18 $14.11 – $197.93
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $104.18 $14.11 – $197.93
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $104.18 $14.11 – $197.93

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