Nerve conduction studies 9-10 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

$2,163.60

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.

$4,327.20

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.

$70.90 with Cigna Healthspring vs $3,981.02 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 $70.90 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $72.32 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $73.38 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $73.58 ↓ -97%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $88.63 ↓ -96%
Partners Managed Medicaid $104.96 ↓ -95%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $104.96 ↓ -95%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $106.01 ↓ -95%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $106.01 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $106.01 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $106.01 ↓ -95%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $106.01 ↓ -95%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $106.01 ↓ -95%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $107.06 ↓ -95%
Aetna Broad Network $280.39 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $378.89 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $383.08 ↓ -82%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $413.77 ↓ -81%
Alliance Behavioral Health $447.87 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $484.30 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $511.75 ↓ -76%
ChoiceCare Commercial $511.75 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $541.52 ↓ -75%
MedCost Ultra $583.98 ↓ -73%
MedCost PPO $583.98 ↓ -73%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,146.71 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,273.93 ↓ -41%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,488.56 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,570.77 ↓ -27%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,873.68 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,912.62 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,163.60 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,241.49 ↑ +4%
Magellan Behavioral Health $2,596.32 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,812.68 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $2,812.68 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $2,920.86 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $3,115.58 ↑ +44%
First Health Commercial $3,461.76 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $3,461.76 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,461.76 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $3,461.76 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $3,461.76 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $3,548.30 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $3,764.66 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $3,894.48 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $3,981.02 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Nerve conduction studies 9-10 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,163.60 $70.90 – $3,807.94
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,163.60 $70.90 – $3,981.02
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,163.60 $70.90 – $3,981.02
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $2,163.60 $70.90 – $3,894.48
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $2,163.60 $70.90 – $3,981.02
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,163.60 $70.90 – $4,110.84
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,163.60 $70.90 – $4,110.84
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,163.60 $70.90 – $4,110.84

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