Aminolevulinic acid hcl top 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

$963.78

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.

$1,927.55

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.

$250.58 with Partners vs $1,831.17 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 $250.58 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $252.51 ↓ -74%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $255.01 ↓ -74%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $257.33 ↓ -73%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $257.33 ↓ -73%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $257.33 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $258.29 ↓ -73%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $259.83 ↓ -73%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $265.04 ↓ -72%
Alliance Behavioral Health $298.19 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare Advantage $399.93 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $405.81 ↓ -58%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $411.69 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $412.91 ↓ -57%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $490.11 ↓ -49%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $510.80 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $574.60 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $601.97 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $601.97 ↓ -38%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $601.97 ↓ -38%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $699.70 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $765.24 ↓ -21%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $771.02 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $774.88 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $784.51 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $834.63 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $851.98 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $882.82 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $913.66 ↓ -5%
MedCost Ultra $1,040.88 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,156.53 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,175.81 ↑ +22%
MedCost PPO $1,252.91 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,252.91 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $1,252.91 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,301.10 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $1,542.04 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,638.42 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $1,638.42 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,734.80 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $1,734.80 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,734.80 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,831.17 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —
Physician Reach Out Plan P not published by hospital —

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Aminolevulinic acid hcl top at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $963.78 $288.36 – $1,831.17
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $963.78 $366.23 – $1,927.55
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $963.78 $236.51 – $1,831.17
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Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $963.78 $217.43 – $1,831.17
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $963.78 $399.93 – $1,773.35
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $963.78 $192.76 – $1,773.35
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $963.78 $231.31 – $1,850.45

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