Injection(s) trigger point(s) single/multiple >= 3 muscle(s) 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

$794.45

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.

$1,588.90

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.

$30.73 with Trillium vs $1,461.79 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
Trillium Managed Medicaid $30.73 ↓ -96%
Partners Managed Medicaid $30.73 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $31.04 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $31.04 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $31.04 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $31.04 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $31.04 ↓ -96%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $31.04 ↓ -96%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $31.34 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $38.26 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Advantage $39.03 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $39.60 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $39.71 ↓ -95%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $47.83 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $87.83 ↓ -89%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $92.81 ↓ -88%
ChoiceCare Commercial $92.81 ↓ -88%
MedCost Ultra $109.97 ↓ -86%
MedCost PPO $109.97 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $115.56 ↓ -85%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $117.97 ↓ -85%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $124.02 ↓ -84%
Aetna Broad Network $130.16 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $138.94 ↓ -83%
Alliance Behavioral Health $164.45 ↓ -79%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $421.06 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $467.77 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $513.21 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $576.77 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial NB $687.99 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $702.29 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $794.45 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $823.05 ↑ +4%
Magellan Behavioral Health $953.34 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,032.79 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $1,032.79 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,072.51 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $1,144.01 ↑ +44%
First Health Commercial $1,271.12 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $1,271.12 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,271.12 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $1,271.12 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $1,271.12 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,302.90 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $1,382.34 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,430.01 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,461.79 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Injection(s) trigger point(s) single/multiple >= 3 muscle(s) at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $794.45 $31.04 – $1,398.23
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $794.45 $30.73 – $1,461.79
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $794.45 $30.73 – $1,461.79
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $794.45 $30.73 – $1,430.01
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $794.45 $31.04 – $1,461.79
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $794.45 $30.73 – $1,509.46
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $794.45 $30.73 – $1,509.46
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $794.45 $30.73 – $1,509.46

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