Assay of somatostatin 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

$49.73

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.

$99.45

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.

$12.93 with Partners vs $94.48 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 $12.93 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $13.03 ↓ -74%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $13.16 ↓ -74%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $13.28 ↓ -73%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $13.28 ↓ -73%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $13.28 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $13.33 ↓ -73%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $13.41 ↓ -73%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $13.67 ↓ -73%
Alliance Behavioral Health $15.38 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare Advantage $18.65 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $18.92 ↓ -62%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $19.19 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $19.25 ↓ -61%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $22.85 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $24.15 ↓ -51%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $26.35 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $28.10 ↓ -43%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $29.65 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $36.10 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $36.99 ↓ -26%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $39.48 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $39.98 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $40.48 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $43.06 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $43.96 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $45.55 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $47.14 ↓ -5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $51.52 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $53.70 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $59.67 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $60.66 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $64.64 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $64.64 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $64.64 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $67.13 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $79.56 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $84.53 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $84.53 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $89.51 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $89.51 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $89.51 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $94.48 ↑ +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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Assay of somatostatin at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $49.73 $14.88 – $94.48
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $49.73 $17.27 – $87.52
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $49.73 $12.20 – $94.48
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $49.73 $13.92 – $94.48
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $49.73 $11.22 – $94.48
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $49.73 $17.10 – $91.49
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $49.73 $9.95 – $91.49
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $49.73 $11.93 – $95.47

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