Treat thigh 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

$720.03

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.

$1,440.05

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.

$144.01 with Partners vs $1,324.85 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 $144.01 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $147.61 ↓ -79%
Alliance Behavioral Health $149.05 ↓ -79%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $150.34 ↓ -79%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $150.34 ↓ -79%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $150.34 ↓ -79%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $151.78 ↓ -79%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $153.37 ↓ -79%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $154.81 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $217.59 ↓ -70%
Humana Medicare Advantage $232.71 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $236.14 ↓ -67%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $239.56 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $240.26 ↓ -67%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $285.19 ↓ -60%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $381.61 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $423.95 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $465.14 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $495.38 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $522.74 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $561.33 ↓ -22%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $586.10 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $623.54 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $636.50 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $650.90 ↓ -10%
Aetna Broad Network $659.54 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $720.03 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $727.23 ↑ +1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $738.60 ↑ +3%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $813.63 ↑ +13%
MedCost PPO $835.23 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $864.03 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $936.03 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $936.03 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $972.03 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $1,036.84 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,036.84 ↑ +44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,090.98 ↑ +52%
First Health Commercial $1,152.04 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $1,152.04 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $1,152.04 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,152.04 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $1,152.04 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,180.84 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $1,252.84 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,296.05 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,324.85 ↑ +84%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Treat thigh fracture at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $720.03 $269.29 – $1,267.24
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $720.03 $75.38 – $1,324.85
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $720.03 $144.01 – $1,324.85
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $720.03 $75.38 – $1,296.05
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Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $720.03 $215.43 – $1,368.05
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $720.03 $176.69 – $1,368.05
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