Ghs simple repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm - 12016 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

$444.18

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.

$888.35

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.

$88.84 with Partners vs $817.28 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
Partners Managed Medicaid $88.84 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $91.06 ↓ -79%
Alliance Behavioral Health $91.94 ↓ -79%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $92.74 ↓ -79%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $92.74 ↓ -79%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $92.74 ↓ -79%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $93.63 ↓ -79%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $94.61 ↓ -79%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $95.50 ↓ -78%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $115.89 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage $118.21 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $119.95 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $120.28 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $134.23 ↓ -70%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $144.86 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $235.41 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $261.53 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $286.94 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $305.59 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $322.47 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $346.28 ↓ -22%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $361.56 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $384.66 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $392.65 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $401.53 ↓ -10%
Aetna Broad Network $406.86 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $444.18 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $448.62 ↑ +1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $455.63 ↑ +3%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $501.92 ↑ +13%
MedCost PPO $515.24 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $533.01 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $577.43 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $577.43 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $599.64 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $639.61 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $639.61 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $673.01 ↑ +52%
First Health Commercial $710.68 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $710.68 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $710.68 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $710.68 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $710.68 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $728.45 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $772.86 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $799.52 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $817.28 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Ghs simple repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm - 12016 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $444.18 $115.89 – $781.75
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $444.18 $75.38 – $817.28
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $444.18 $88.84 – $817.28
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $444.18 $75.38 – $799.52
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $444.18 $115.89 – $817.28
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $444.18 $115.89 – $843.93
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $444.18 $109.00 – $843.93
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $444.18 $115.89 – $843.93

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