Treatment of 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

$541.75

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.

$1,083.50

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.

$108.35 with Partners vs $996.82 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 $108.35 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $111.06 ↓ -79%
Alliance Behavioral Health $112.14 ↓ -79%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $113.12 ↓ -79%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $113.12 ↓ -79%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $113.12 ↓ -79%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $114.20 ↓ -79%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $115.39 ↓ -79%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $116.48 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $163.72 ↓ -70%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $287.13 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $318.98 ↓ -41%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $349.97 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $372.72 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $393.31 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $422.35 ↓ -22%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $440.98 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $469.16 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $478.91 ↓ -12%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $489.74 ↓ -10%
Aetna Broad Network $496.24 ↓ -8%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $541.75 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $547.17 ↑ +1%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $555.73 ↑ +3%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $612.18 ↑ +13%
MedCost PPO $628.43 ↑ +16%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $630.92 ↑ +16%
Humana Medicare Advantage $643.54 ↑ +19%
Magellan Behavioral Health $650.10 ↑ +20%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $653.00 ↑ +21%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $654.80 ↑ +21%
Quik Trip Commercial $704.28 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $704.28 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $731.36 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $780.12 ↑ +44%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $780.12 ↑ +44%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $788.65 ↑ +46%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $820.86 ↑ +52%
Aetna First Health Commercial $866.80 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $866.80 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $866.80 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $866.80 ↑ +60%
Healthgram Commercial $866.80 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $888.47 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $942.65 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $975.15 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $996.82 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Treatment of thigh fracture at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $541.75 $202.61 – $953.48
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $541.75 $75.38 – $996.82
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $541.75 $108.35 – $996.82
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $541.75 $75.38 – $975.15
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $541.75 $331.44 – $996.82
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $541.75 $162.09 – $1,029.33
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $541.75 $132.95 – $1,029.33
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $541.75 $151.69 – $1,029.33

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