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Treat metacarpal fracture 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

$4,693.85

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.

$9,387.70

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.

$336.37 with Partners vs $8,636.68 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 $336.37 ↓ -93%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $336.37 ↓ -93%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $339.73 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $339.73 ↓ -93%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $339.73 ↓ -93%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $339.73 ↓ -93%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $339.73 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $339.73 ↓ -93%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $343.10 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $452.00 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare Advantage $461.04 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $467.82 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $469.11 ↓ -90%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $565.00 ↓ -88%
Alliance Behavioral Health $971.63 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,127.54 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,484.20 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,885.05 ↓ -60%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $2,487.74 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2,763.74 ↓ -41%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $3,229.37 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $3,407.74 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $3,773.86 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $3,820.79 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $4,064.87 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $4,149.36 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $4,299.57 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,393.44 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $4,693.85 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $4,740.79 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,862.83 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $5,444.87 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $5,632.62 ↑ +20%
GMMI Commercial $6,102.01 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $6,102.01 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $6,336.70 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $6,759.14 ↑ +44%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $6,759.14 ↑ +44%
First Health Commercial $7,510.16 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $7,510.16 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $7,510.16 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $7,510.16 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $7,510.16 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $7,697.91 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $8,167.30 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $8,448.93 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $8,636.68 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Treat metacarpal fracture at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $4,693.85 $339.73 – $8,261.18
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $4,693.85 $336.37 – $8,636.68
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $4,693.85 $336.37 – $8,636.68
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $4,693.85 $336.37 – $8,448.93
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $4,693.85 $339.73 – $8,636.68
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $4,693.85 $336.37 – $8,918.32
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $4,693.85 $336.37 – $8,918.32
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $4,693.85 $336.37 – $8,918.32

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