Valvuloplasty pulmonary 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

$11,945.20

Cash price

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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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$23,890.40

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.

$889.97 with Partners vs $21,979.17 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 $889.97 ↓ -93%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $889.97 ↓ -93%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $898.87 ↓ -92%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $898.87 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $898.87 ↓ -92%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $898.87 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $898.87 ↓ -92%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $898.87 ↓ -92%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $907.77 ↓ -92%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $975.41 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare Advantage $994.92 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,009.55 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,012.33 ↓ -92%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $1,219.26 ↓ -90%
Alliance Behavioral Health $2,472.66 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $5,492.40 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $5,506.74 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $6,330.96 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $7,033.33 ↓ -41%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $7,245.96 ↓ -39%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $8,218.30 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $8,672.22 ↓ -27%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $9,603.94 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $9,723.39 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $10,344.54 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $10,559.56 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $10,941.80 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $11,180.71 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $11,945.20 ↑ +0%
MedCost Ultra $12,064.65 ↑ +1%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $12,375.23 ↑ +4%
MedCost PPO $13,856.43 ↑ +16%
Magellan Behavioral Health $14,334.24 ↑ +20%
Quik Trip Commercial $15,528.76 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $15,528.76 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $16,126.02 ↑ +35%
Carolina Behavioral Health Employee Plan $17,201.09 ↑ +44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $17,201.09 ↑ +44%
Healthgram Commercial $19,112.32 ↑ +60%
Carolina Behavioral Health Commercial $19,112.32 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $19,112.32 ↑ +60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $19,112.32 ↑ +60%
Cigna Behavioral Health $19,112.32 ↑ +60%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $19,590.13 ↑ +64%
Provider Select Commercial $20,784.65 ↑ +74%
Beechstreet Commercial $21,501.36 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $21,979.17 ↑ +84%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Valvuloplasty pulmonary at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $11,945.20 $898.87 – $21,023.55
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $11,945.20 $261.30 – $21,979.17
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $11,945.20 $889.97 – $21,979.17
Atrium Health Carolinas Medical Center Charlotte $11,945.20 $261.30 – $21,501.36
Carolinas Rehabilitation Charlotte Charlotte $11,945.20 $898.87 – $21,979.17
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $11,945.20 $889.97 – $22,695.88
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $11,945.20 $889.97 – $22,695.88
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $11,945.20 $889.97 – $22,695.88

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