Galsulfase injection 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

$4,914.50

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.

$9,829.00

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.

$982.90 with Partners vs $9,042.68 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
Partners Managed Medicaid $982.90 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $1,007.47 ↓ -80%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,017.30 ↓ -79%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $1,026.15 ↓ -79%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $1,026.15 ↓ -79%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $1,026.15 ↓ -79%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $1,035.98 ↓ -79%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $1,046.79 ↓ -79%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $1,056.62 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $1,485.16 ↓ -70%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $2,604.69 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2,893.66 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,956.56 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,956.56 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2,956.56 ↓ -40%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $3,381.18 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $3,567.93 ↓ -27%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,931.60 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $3,951.26 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $4,000.40 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $4,255.96 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $4,344.42 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $4,501.68 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,599.97 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $4,914.50 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $4,963.65 ↑ +1%
MedCost PPO $5,700.82 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $5,897.40 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $6,388.85 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $6,388.85 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $6,634.58 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $7,076.88 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $7,076.88 ↑ +44%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $7,863.20 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $7,863.20 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $7,863.20 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $7,863.20 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $7,863.20 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $8,059.78 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $8,551.23 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $8,846.10 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $9,042.68 ↑ +84%
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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Galsulfase injection at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $4,914.50 $1,867.51 – $9,829.00
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $4,914.50 $2,143.70 – $9,042.68
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $4,914.50 $982.90 – $9,042.68
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Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $4,914.50 $1,376.06 – $9,337.55

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