Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code at Atrium Health Union

600 Hospital Dr, Monroe, NC · Atrium Health · · NPI 1396790325

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 4, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$3,073.90

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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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$6,147.80

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.

$174.68 with Trillium vs $5,840.41 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
Trillium Managed Medicaid $174.68 ↓ -94%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $176.43 ↓ -94%
Partners Managed Medicaid $176.43 ↓ -94%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $176.43 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $176.43 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $176.43 ↓ -94%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $176.43 ↓ -94%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $176.43 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $177.23 ↓ -94%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $178.17 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage $180.77 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $183.43 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $183.94 ↓ -94%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $221.54 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $564.94 ↓ -82%
Alliance Behavioral Health $951.06 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $983.03 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,318.70 ↓ -57%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,629.17 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,832.66 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,231.65 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,440.68 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,471.42 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $2,502.15 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,662.00 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,717.33 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $2,815.69 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,914.06 ↓ -5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,184.56 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $3,319.81 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $3,688.68 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,750.16 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $3,996.07 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,996.07 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $3,996.07 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $4,149.77 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $4,918.24 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $5,225.63 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $5,225.63 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $5,533.02 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $5,533.02 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $5,533.02 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $5,840.41 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan P not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Abscess drain retroperitoneal surg code at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $3,073.90 $174.68 – $5,840.41
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $3,073.90 $176.43 – $5,410.06
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $3,073.90 $174.68 – $5,840.41
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $3,073.90 $174.68 – $5,840.41
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $3,073.90 $174.68 – $5,840.41
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $3,073.90 $174.68 – $5,655.98
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $3,073.90 $174.68 – $5,655.98
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $3,073.90 $174.68 – $5,901.89

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