Insertion catheter bladder temporary simple 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

$198.83

Cash price

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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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$397.65

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.

$22.94 with Cigna Healthspring vs $365.84 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $22.94 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage $23.40 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $23.74 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $23.81 ↓ -88%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $24.84 ↓ -88%
Partners Managed Medicaid $24.84 ↓ -88%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $25.09 ↓ -87%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $25.09 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $25.09 ↓ -87%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $25.09 ↓ -87%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $25.09 ↓ -87%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $25.09 ↓ -87%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $25.34 ↓ -87%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $28.68 ↓ -86%
Alliance Behavioral Health $41.16 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $62.87 ↓ -68%
ChoiceCare Commercial $75.02 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $79.85 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $93.41 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $96.92 ↓ -51%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $105.38 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $117.07 ↓ -41%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $118.23 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $128.44 ↓ -35%
Aetna Broad Network $130.44 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $136.79 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $144.35 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial NB $172.18 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $175.76 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $198.83 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $200.81 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $205.98 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $230.64 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $238.59 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $258.47 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $258.47 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $268.41 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $286.31 ↑ +44%
First Health Commercial $318.12 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $318.12 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $318.12 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $318.12 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $318.12 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $326.07 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $345.96 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $357.89 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $365.84 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Insertion catheter bladder temporary simple at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $198.83 $22.94 – $349.93
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $198.83 $22.94 – $365.84
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $198.83 $22.94 – $365.84
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $198.83 $22.94 – $357.89
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $198.83 $22.94 – $365.84
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $198.83 $22.94 – $377.77
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $198.83 $22.94 – $377.77
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $198.83 $22.94 – $377.77

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