Porfimer sodium injection 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

$45,970.50

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.

$91,941.00

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.

$9,194.10 with Partners vs $84,585.72 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 $9,194.10 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $9,423.95 ↓ -80%
Alliance Behavioral Health $9,515.89 ↓ -79%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $9,598.64 ↓ -79%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $9,598.64 ↓ -79%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $9,598.64 ↓ -79%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $9,690.58 ↓ -79%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $9,791.72 ↓ -79%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $9,883.66 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $13,892.29 ↓ -70%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $24,364.37 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare Advantage $24,712.99 ↓ -46%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $25,076.41 ↓ -45%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $25,439.84 ↓ -45%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $25,514.95 ↓ -44%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $27,067.43 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $27,655.85 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $27,655.85 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $27,655.85 ↓ -40%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $30,285.53 ↓ -34%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $31,627.70 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $33,374.58 ↓ -27%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $36,776.40 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $36,960.28 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $37,419.99 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $39,810.45 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $40,637.92 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $42,108.98 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $43,028.39 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $45,970.50 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $46,430.21 ↑ +1%
MedCost PPO $53,325.78 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $55,164.60 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $59,761.65 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $59,761.65 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $62,060.18 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $66,197.52 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $66,197.52 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $73,552.80 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $73,552.80 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $73,552.80 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $73,552.80 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $73,552.80 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $75,391.62 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $79,988.67 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $82,746.90 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $84,585.72 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Porfimer sodium injection at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $45,970.50 $17,468.79 – $91,941.00
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $45,970.50 $20,052.33 – $84,585.72
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $45,970.50 $9,194.10 – $84,585.72
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $45,970.50 $20,052.33 – $82,746.90
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $45,970.50 $24,712.99 – $84,585.72
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $45,970.50 $13,754.37 – $87,343.95
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $45,970.50 $11,281.16 – $87,343.95
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $45,970.50 $12,871.74 – $87,343.95

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