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Ghs electrostagmgraphy 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

$164.83

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.

$329.65

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.

$7.70 with Cigna Healthspring vs $303.28 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $7.70 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Advantage $7.85 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $7.97 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $7.99 ↓ -95%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $9.63 ↓ -94%
Partners Managed Medicaid $26.98 ↓ -84%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $26.98 ↓ -84%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $27.25 ↓ -83%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $27.25 ↓ -83%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $27.25 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $27.25 ↓ -83%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $27.25 ↓ -83%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $27.25 ↓ -83%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $27.52 ↓ -83%
Alliance Behavioral Health $34.12 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $75.79 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $75.98 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $87.36 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $97.05 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $99.98 ↓ -39%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $113.40 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $119.66 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $132.52 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $134.17 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $142.74 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $145.71 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $150.98 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $154.28 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $164.83 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $166.47 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $170.76 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $191.20 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $197.79 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $214.27 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $214.27 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $222.51 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $237.35 ↑ +44%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $237.35 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $263.72 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $263.72 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $263.72 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $263.72 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $263.72 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $270.31 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $286.80 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $296.69 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $303.28 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Ghs electrostagmgraphy at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $164.83 $7.70 – $290.09
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $164.83 $7.70 – $517.57
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $164.83 $7.70 – $303.28
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $164.83 $7.70 – $517.57
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $164.83 $7.70 – $303.28
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $164.83 $7.70 – $313.17
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $164.83 $7.70 – $313.17
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $164.83 $7.70 – $313.17

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