Ghs ed therapeutic lp, drain csf w fluoro 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

$1,266.30

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.

$2,532.60

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.

$95.51 with Trillium vs $2,329.99 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
Trillium Managed Medicaid $95.51 ↓ -92%
Partners Managed Medicaid $95.51 ↓ -92%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $95.56 ↓ -92%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $96.47 ↓ -92%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $96.47 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $96.47 ↓ -92%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $96.47 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $96.47 ↓ -92%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $96.47 ↓ -92%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $97.42 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare Advantage $97.47 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $98.90 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $99.18 ↓ -92%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $119.45 ↓ -91%
Alliance Behavioral Health $262.12 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $582.24 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $583.76 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $671.14 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $745.60 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $768.14 ↓ -39%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $871.21 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $919.33 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,018.11 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1,030.77 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,096.62 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,119.41 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $1,159.93 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,185.26 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,266.30 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $1,278.96 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,311.89 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $1,468.91 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,519.56 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,646.19 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $1,646.19 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,709.51 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $1,823.47 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,823.47 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $2,026.08 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $2,026.08 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $2,026.08 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,026.08 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $2,026.08 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,076.73 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $2,203.36 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $2,279.34 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $2,329.99 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Ghs ed therapeutic lp, drain csf w fluoro at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,266.30 $95.56 – $2,228.69
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,266.30 $95.51 – $2,329.99
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,266.30 $95.51 – $2,329.99
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $1,266.30 $95.51 – $2,279.34
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $1,266.30 $95.56 – $2,329.99
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,266.30 $95.51 – $2,405.97
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,266.30 $95.51 – $2,405.97
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,266.30 $95.51 – $2,405.97

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