Removal of implant deep 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

$507.60

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.

$1,015.20

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.

$101.52 with Partners vs $933.98 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 $101.52 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $104.06 ↓ -79%
Alliance Behavioral Health $105.07 ↓ -79%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $105.99 ↓ -79%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $105.99 ↓ -79%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $105.99 ↓ -79%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $107.00 ↓ -79%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $108.12 ↓ -79%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $109.13 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $153.40 ↓ -70%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $160.50 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $203.85 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $268.22 ↓ -47%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $269.03 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $298.87 ↓ -41%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $349.23 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $368.52 ↓ -27%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $388.97 ↓ -23%
Humana Medicare Advantage $396.75 ↓ -22%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $402.58 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $403.69 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $408.11 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $413.19 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $439.58 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $448.72 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $464.96 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $475.11 ↓ -6%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $486.21 ↓ -4%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $507.60 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $512.68 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $525.87 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $588.82 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $609.12 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $659.88 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $659.88 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $685.26 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $730.94 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $730.94 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $812.16 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $812.16 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $812.16 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $812.16 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $812.16 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $832.46 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $883.22 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $913.68 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $933.98 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Removal of implant deep at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $507.60 $192.89 – $893.38
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $507.60 $182.43 – $933.98
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $507.60 $101.52 – $933.98
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $507.60 $194.41 – $913.68
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $507.60 $305.22 – $933.98
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $507.60 $151.87 – $964.44
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $507.60 $124.57 – $964.44
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $507.60 $142.13 – $964.44

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