Pq thr inj ext pse 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

$754.50

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.

$1,509.00

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.

$88.55 with Partners vs $1,388.28 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 $88.55 ↓ -88%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $88.55 ↓ -88%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $89.44 ↓ -88%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $89.44 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $89.44 ↓ -88%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $89.44 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $89.44 ↓ -88%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $89.44 ↓ -88%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $90.32 ↓ -88%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $94.20 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage $96.08 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $97.50 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $97.77 ↓ -87%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $117.75 ↓ -84%
Alliance Behavioral Health $156.18 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $238.57 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $303.01 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $398.68 ↓ -47%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $399.89 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $444.25 ↓ -41%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $519.10 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $547.77 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $606.62 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $614.16 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $653.40 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $666.98 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $691.12 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $706.21 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $754.50 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $762.05 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $781.66 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $875.22 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $905.40 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $980.85 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $980.85 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,018.58 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $1,086.48 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,086.48 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $1,207.20 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $1,207.20 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $1,207.20 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,207.20 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $1,207.20 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,237.38 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $1,312.83 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,358.10 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,388.28 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Pq thr inj ext pse at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $754.50 $89.44 – $1,327.92
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $754.50 $88.55 – $1,388.28
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $754.50 $88.55 – $1,388.28
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $754.50 $88.55 – $1,358.10
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $754.50 $89.44 – $1,388.28
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $754.50 $88.55 – $1,433.55
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $754.50 $88.55 – $1,433.55
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $754.50 $88.55 – $1,433.55

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