Hydromorphone 0.2 mg/ml in 0.9% nacl IV pca opioid naive - 4 hr dose limit (wrapper) 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

$298.00

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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.

$596.00

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.

$2.60 with Partners vs $23.87 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 $2.60 ↓ -99%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $2.66 ↓ -99%
Alliance Behavioral Health $2.69 ↓ -99%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $2.71 ↓ -99%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $2.71 ↓ -99%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $2.71 ↓ -99%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $2.74 ↓ -99%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $2.76 ↓ -99%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $2.79 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $3.92 ↓ -99%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $6.88 ↓ -98%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $7.64 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $7.81 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $7.81 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $7.81 ↓ -97%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $8.93 ↓ -97%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $9.42 ↓ -97%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $10.38 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $10.43 ↓ -97%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $10.56 ↓ -96%
Cigna Commercial NB $11.24 ↓ -96%
Employers Health Network Commercial $11.47 ↓ -96%
Aetna Broad Network $11.89 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $12.14 ↓ -96%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $12.98 ↓ -96%
MedCost Ultra $13.10 ↓ -96%
MedCost PPO $15.05 ↓ -95%
Magellan Behavioral Health $15.57 ↓ -95%
Quik Trip Commercial $16.87 ↓ -94%
GMMI Commercial $16.87 ↓ -94%
Cigna Commercial SAR $17.52 ↓ -94%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $18.68 ↓ -94%
ChoiceCare Commercial $18.68 ↓ -94%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $20.76 ↓ -93%
First Health Commercial $20.76 ↓ -93%
Aetna First Health Commercial $20.76 ↓ -93%
Cigna Behavioral Health $20.76 ↓ -93%
Healthgram Commercial $20.76 ↓ -93%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $21.28 ↓ -93%
Provider Select Commercial $22.58 ↓ -92%
Beechstreet Commercial $23.36 ↓ -92%
Multiplan Commercial $23.87 ↓ -92%
Ortho Carolina Commercial not published by hospital
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Humana Medicare Advantage not published by hospital

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Hydromorphone 0.2 mg/ml in 0.9% nacl IV pca opioid naive - 4 hr dose limit (wrapper) at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $298.00 $4.93 – $25.95
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $298.00 $5.66 – $23.87
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $298.00 $2.60 – $23.87
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $298.00 $5.66 – $23.36
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $298.00 $7.32 – $23.87
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $298.00 $3.88 – $24.65
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $298.00 $3.18 – $24.65
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $298.00 $3.63 – $24.65

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