Ultrasound exam k transpl w/doppler 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

$487.73

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.

$975.45

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.

$31.40 with Partners vs $897.41 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 $31.40 ↓ -94%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $31.40 ↓ -94%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $31.71 ↓ -93%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $31.71 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $31.71 ↓ -93%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $31.71 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $31.71 ↓ -93%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $31.71 ↓ -93%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $32.03 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $33.53 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Advantage $34.20 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $34.70 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $34.80 ↓ -93%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $41.91 ↓ -91%
Alliance Behavioral Health $100.96 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $182.55 ↓ -63%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $214.88 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $224.26 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $240.21 ↓ -51%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $258.49 ↓ -47%
MedCost Ultra $284.34 ↓ -42%
MedCost PPO $284.34 ↓ -42%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $287.17 ↓ -41%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $335.55 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $354.09 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $392.13 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $422.37 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $431.15 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $446.76 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $456.51 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $487.73 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $505.28 ↑ +4%
Magellan Behavioral Health $585.27 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $634.04 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $634.04 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $658.43 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $702.32 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $702.32 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $780.36 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $780.36 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $780.36 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $780.36 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $780.36 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $799.87 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $848.64 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $877.91 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $897.41 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Ultrasound exam k transpl w/doppler at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $487.73 $31.71 – $858.40
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $487.73 $31.40 – $897.41
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $487.73 $31.40 – $897.41
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $487.73 $31.40 – $877.91
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $487.73 $31.71 – $897.41
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $487.73 $31.40 – $926.68
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $487.73 $31.40 – $926.68
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $487.73 $31.40 – $926.68

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