Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12044 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

$371.23

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.

$742.45

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.

$74.25 with Partners vs $683.05 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 $74.25 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $76.10 ↓ -80%
Alliance Behavioral Health $76.84 ↓ -79%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $77.51 ↓ -79%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $77.51 ↓ -79%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $77.51 ↓ -79%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $78.25 ↓ -79%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $79.07 ↓ -79%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $79.81 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $112.18 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $117.38 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $149.08 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $196.16 ↓ -47%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $196.75 ↓ -47%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $197.98 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare Advantage $201.94 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $204.91 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $205.47 ↓ -45%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $218.58 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $239.81 ↓ -35%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $247.48 ↓ -33%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $255.40 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $269.51 ↓ -27%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $302.18 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $321.48 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $328.16 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $335.59 ↓ -10%
Aetna Broad Network $340.04 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $371.23 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $374.94 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $384.59 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $430.62 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $445.47 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $482.59 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $482.59 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $501.15 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $534.56 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $534.56 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $593.96 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $593.96 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $593.96 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $593.96 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $593.96 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $608.81 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $645.93 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $668.21 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $683.05 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12044 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $371.23 $138.84 – $653.36
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $371.23 $75.38 – $683.05
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $371.23 $74.25 – $683.05
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $371.23 $75.38 – $668.21
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $371.23 $155.45 – $683.05
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $371.23 $111.07 – $705.33
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $371.23 $91.10 – $705.33
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $371.23 $103.94 – $705.33

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