Intracranial angioplasty 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

$4,910.63

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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$9,821.25

Gross charge

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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.

$982.13 with Partners vs $9,035.55 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 $982.13 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $1,006.68 ↓ -79%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,016.50 ↓ -79%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $1,025.34 ↓ -79%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $1,025.34 ↓ -79%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $1,025.34 ↓ -79%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $1,035.16 ↓ -79%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $1,045.96 ↓ -79%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $1,055.78 ↓ -79%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $1,228.90 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,253.48 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,271.91 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,275.41 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $1,483.99 ↓ -70%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $1,536.12 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,552.74 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,972.11 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,594.77 ↓ -47%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $2,602.63 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2,891.38 ↓ -41%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $3,378.51 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $3,565.11 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $3,948.14 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $3,997.25 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $4,252.60 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $4,340.99 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $4,498.13 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,596.35 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $4,910.63 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $4,959.73 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $5,087.41 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $5,696.33 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $5,892.75 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $6,383.81 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $6,383.81 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $6,629.34 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $7,071.30 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $7,071.30 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $7,857.00 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $7,857.00 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $7,857.00 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $7,857.00 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $7,857.00 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $8,053.43 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $8,544.49 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $8,839.13 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $9,035.55 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Intracranial angioplasty at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $4,910.63 $1,228.90 – $9,821.25
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $4,910.63 $1,228.90 – $9,035.55
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $4,910.63 $982.13 – $9,035.55
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $4,910.63 $1,228.90 – $8,839.13
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $4,910.63 $1,228.90 – $9,035.55
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $4,910.63 $1,228.90 – $9,330.19
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $4,910.63 $1,205.07 – $9,330.19
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $4,910.63 $1,228.90 – $9,330.19

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