Plcmnt ureteral stent pq w/img exstng trct 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

$6,410.90

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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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$12,821.80

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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.

$185.22 with Cigna Healthspring vs $11,796.06 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

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 $185.22 ↓ -97%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $188.33 ↓ -97%
Partners Managed Medicaid $188.33 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $188.92 ↓ -97%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $190.21 ↓ -97%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $190.21 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $190.21 ↓ -97%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $190.21 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $190.21 ↓ -97%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $190.21 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $191.70 ↓ -97%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $192.10 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $192.23 ↓ -97%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $231.53 ↓ -96%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,327.06 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2,027.13 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,574.62 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,387.52 ↓ -47%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $3,397.78 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $3,774.74 ↓ -41%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $4,410.70 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $4,654.31 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $5,154.36 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $5,218.47 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $5,551.84 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $5,667.24 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $5,872.38 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $6,000.60 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $6,410.90 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $6,475.01 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $6,641.69 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $7,436.64 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $7,693.08 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $8,334.17 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $8,334.17 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $8,654.72 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $9,231.70 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $9,231.70 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $10,257.44 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $10,257.44 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $10,257.44 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $10,257.44 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $10,257.44 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $10,513.88 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $11,154.97 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $11,539.62 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $11,796.06 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Plcmnt ureteral stent pq w/img exstng trct at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $6,410.90 $185.22 – $11,283.18
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $6,410.90 $185.22 – $11,796.06
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $6,410.90 $185.22 – $11,796.06
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $6,410.90 $185.22 – $11,539.62
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $6,410.90 $185.22 – $11,796.06
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $6,410.90 $185.22 – $12,180.71
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $6,410.90 $185.22 – $12,180.71
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $6,410.90 $185.22 – $12,180.71

All North-carolina hospitals for this procedure →