Orthovisc inj per dose 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

$211.75

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.

$423.50

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.

$42.35 with Partners vs $389.62 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 $42.35 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $43.41 ↓ -79%
Alliance Behavioral Health $43.83 ↓ -79%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $44.21 ↓ -79%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $44.21 ↓ -79%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $44.21 ↓ -79%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $44.64 ↓ -79%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $45.10 ↓ -79%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $45.53 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $63.99 ↓ -70%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $112.23 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare Advantage $116.83 ↓ -45%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $118.54 ↓ -44%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $120.26 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $120.62 ↓ -43%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $124.68 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $127.39 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $127.39 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $127.39 ↓ -40%
ChoiceCare Commercial $138.86 ↓ -34%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $143.17 ↓ -32%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $145.68 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $153.73 ↓ -27%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $169.40 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $170.25 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $172.36 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $183.38 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $187.19 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $193.96 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $198.20 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $211.75 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $213.87 ↑ +1%
MedCost PPO $245.63 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $254.10 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $275.28 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $275.28 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $285.86 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $304.92 ↑ +44%
First Health Commercial $338.80 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $338.80 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $338.80 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $338.80 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $338.80 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $347.27 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $368.45 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $381.15 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $389.62 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Orthovisc inj per dose at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $211.75 $80.47 – $423.50
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $211.75 $92.37 – $389.62
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $211.75 $42.35 – $389.62
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $211.75 $92.37 – $381.15
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $211.75 $116.83 – $389.62
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $211.75 $63.36 – $402.33
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $211.75 $51.96 – $402.33
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $211.75 $59.29 – $402.33

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