Optx radial shaft fracture 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

$4,173.10

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.

$8,346.20

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.

$483.99 with Partners vs $7,678.50 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 $483.99 ↓ -88%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $483.99 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $488.83 ↓ -88%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $488.83 ↓ -88%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $488.83 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $488.83 ↓ -88%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $488.83 ↓ -88%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $488.83 ↓ -88%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $493.67 ↓ -88%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $625.67 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare Advantage $638.18 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $647.57 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $649.35 ↓ -84%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $782.09 ↓ -81%
Alliance Behavioral Health $863.83 ↓ -79%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $2,211.74 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2,457.12 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,695.82 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,871.09 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $3,029.67 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $3,253.35 ↓ -22%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $3,396.90 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $3,613.90 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $3,689.02 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,772.48 ↓ -10%
Aetna Broad Network $3,822.56 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $4,173.10 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $4,214.83 ↑ +1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,280.77 ↑ +3%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,715.60 ↑ +13%
MedCost PPO $4,840.80 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $5,007.72 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $5,425.03 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $5,425.03 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $5,633.69 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $6,009.26 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $6,009.26 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $6,323.08 ↑ +52%
First Health Commercial $6,676.96 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $6,676.96 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $6,676.96 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $6,676.96 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $6,676.96 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $6,843.88 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $7,261.19 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $7,511.58 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $7,678.50 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Optx radial shaft fracture at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $4,173.10 $488.83 – $7,344.66
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $4,173.10 $75.38 – $7,678.50
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $4,173.10 $483.99 – $7,678.50
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $4,173.10 $75.38 – $7,511.58
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $4,173.10 $488.83 – $7,678.50
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $4,173.10 $483.99 – $7,928.89
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $4,173.10 $483.99 – $7,928.89
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $4,173.10 $483.99 – $7,928.89

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