Ghs abscess postoperative iandd complex 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

$1,416.70

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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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What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$2,833.40

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.

$127.40 with Partners vs $2,606.73 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 $127.40 ↓ -91%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $127.40 ↓ -91%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $128.67 ↓ -91%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $128.67 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $128.67 ↓ -91%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $128.67 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $128.67 ↓ -91%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $128.67 ↓ -91%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $129.95 ↓ -91%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $164.06 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage $167.34 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $169.80 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $170.27 ↓ -88%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $205.08 ↓ -86%
Alliance Behavioral Health $293.26 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $447.96 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $505.36 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $568.95 ↓ -60%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $750.85 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $834.15 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $915.19 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $974.69 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,028.52 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1,153.19 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,226.86 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,252.36 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,280.70 ↓ -10%
Aetna Broad Network $1,297.70 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,416.70 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $1,430.87 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,467.70 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $1,643.37 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,700.04 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,841.71 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $1,841.71 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,912.55 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $2,040.05 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $2,040.05 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $2,266.72 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $2,266.72 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $2,266.72 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,266.72 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $2,266.72 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,323.39 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $2,465.06 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $2,550.06 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $2,606.73 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Ghs abscess postoperative iandd complex at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,416.70 $128.67 – $2,493.39
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,416.70 $75.38 – $2,606.73
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,416.70 $127.40 – $2,606.73
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $1,416.70 $75.38 – $2,550.06
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $1,416.70 $128.67 – $2,606.73
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,416.70 $127.40 – $2,691.73
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,416.70 $127.40 – $2,691.73
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,416.70 $127.40 – $2,691.73

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