Mnt subs tx for change dx 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

$37.40

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.

$74.80

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.

$7.48 with Partners vs $68.82 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 $7.48 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $7.67 ↓ -79%
Alliance Behavioral Health $7.74 ↓ -79%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $7.81 ↓ -79%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $7.81 ↓ -79%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $7.81 ↓ -79%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $7.88 ↓ -79%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $7.97 ↓ -79%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $8.04 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $11.30 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $17.20 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $17.24 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $19.82 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $22.02 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $22.69 ↓ -39%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $25.55 ↓ -32%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $25.73 ↓ -31%
Humana Medicare Advantage $26.06 ↓ -30%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $26.44 ↓ -29%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $26.52 ↓ -29%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $27.15 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $30.07 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $30.44 ↓ -19%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $31.94 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial NB $32.39 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $33.06 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $34.26 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $35.01 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $37.40 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $37.77 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $38.75 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $43.38 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $44.88 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $48.62 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $48.62 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $50.49 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $53.86 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $53.86 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $59.84 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $59.84 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $59.84 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $59.84 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $59.84 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $61.34 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $65.08 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $67.32 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $68.82 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Mnt subs tx for change dx at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $37.40 $14.21 – $74.80
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $37.40 $16.31 – $68.82
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $37.40 $7.48 – $68.82
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $37.40 $16.31 – $67.32
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $37.40 $22.88 – $68.82
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $37.40 $11.19 – $71.06
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $37.40 $9.18 – $71.06
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $37.40 $10.47 – $71.06

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