Ibandronate 3 mg/3 ml intravenous syringe 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

$578.75

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.

$1,157.50

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.

$44.13 with Partners vs $405.95 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 $44.13 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $45.23 ↓ -92%
Alliance Behavioral Health $45.67 ↓ -92%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $46.07 ↓ -92%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $46.07 ↓ -92%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $46.07 ↓ -92%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $46.51 ↓ -92%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $46.99 ↓ -92%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $47.43 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $66.67 ↓ -88%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $116.93 ↓ -80%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $129.90 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $132.73 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $132.73 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $132.73 ↓ -77%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $151.79 ↓ -74%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $160.17 ↓ -72%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $176.50 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $177.38 ↓ -69%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $179.59 ↓ -69%
Cigna Commercial NB $191.06 ↓ -67%
Employers Health Network Commercial $195.03 ↓ -66%
Aetna Broad Network $202.09 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $206.51 ↓ -64%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $220.63 ↓ -62%
MedCost Ultra $222.83 ↓ -61%
MedCost PPO $255.93 ↓ -56%
Magellan Behavioral Health $264.75 ↓ -54%
Quik Trip Commercial $286.81 ↓ -50%
GMMI Commercial $286.81 ↓ -50%
Cigna Commercial SAR $297.84 ↓ -49%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $317.70 ↓ -45%
ChoiceCare Commercial $317.70 ↓ -45%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $353.00 ↓ -39%
First Health Commercial $353.00 ↓ -39%
Aetna First Health Commercial $353.00 ↓ -39%
Cigna Behavioral Health $353.00 ↓ -39%
Healthgram Commercial $353.00 ↓ -39%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $361.83 ↓ -37%
Provider Select Commercial $383.89 ↓ -34%
Beechstreet Commercial $397.13 ↓ -31%
Multiplan Commercial $405.95 ↓ -30%
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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Ibandronate 3 mg/3 ml intravenous syringe at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $578.75 $83.84 – $441.25
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $578.75 $28.41 – $405.95
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $578.75 $44.13 – $405.95
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $578.75 $28.41 – $397.13
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $578.75 $124.48 – $405.95
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $578.75 $66.01 – $419.19
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $578.75 $54.14 – $419.19
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $578.75 $61.78 – $419.19

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