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Proton trmt simple w/comp 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

$3,826.55

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.

$7,653.10

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.

$765.31 with Partners vs $7,040.85 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 $765.31 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $784.44 ↓ -80%
Alliance Behavioral Health $792.10 ↓ -79%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $798.98 ↓ -79%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $798.98 ↓ -79%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $798.98 ↓ -79%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $806.64 ↓ -79%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $815.06 ↓ -79%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $817.54 ↓ -79%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $822.71 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare Advantage $833.89 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $846.15 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $848.48 ↓ -78%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $1,021.93 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $1,156.38 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,930.88 ↓ -50%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,954.60 ↓ -49%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $2,028.07 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2,253.07 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,572.21 ↓ -33%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,632.67 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,778.08 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $3,076.55 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $3,114.81 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $3,313.79 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $3,382.67 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $3,505.12 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,581.65 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $3,826.55 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $3,864.82 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,964.31 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $4,438.80 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $4,591.86 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $4,974.52 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $4,974.52 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $5,165.84 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $5,510.23 ↑ +44%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $5,510.23 ↑ +44%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $6,122.48 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $6,122.48 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $6,122.48 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $6,122.48 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $6,122.48 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $6,275.54 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $6,658.20 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $6,887.79 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $7,040.85 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Proton trmt simple w/comp at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $3,826.55 $817.54 – $7,653.10
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $3,826.55 $817.54 – $7,040.85
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $3,826.55 $765.31 – $7,040.85
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $3,826.55 $817.54 – $6,887.79
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $3,826.55 $817.54 – $7,040.85
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $3,826.55 $817.54 – $7,270.45
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $3,826.55 $817.54 – $7,270.45
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $3,826.55 $817.54 – $7,270.45

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