Biopsy of salivary gland 42400 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

$1,091.38

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.

$2,182.75

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.

$43.49 with Trillium vs $2,073.61 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 $43.49 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $43.92 ↓ -96%
Partners Managed Medicaid $43.92 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $43.92 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $43.92 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $43.92 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $43.92 ↓ -96%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $43.92 ↓ -96%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $44.36 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $48.90 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $49.88 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $50.61 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $50.75 ↓ -95%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $61.13 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $172.75 ↓ -84%
Alliance Behavioral Health $337.67 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $349.02 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $468.20 ↓ -57%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $578.43 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $650.68 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $792.34 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $866.55 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $877.47 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $888.38 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $945.13 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $964.78 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $999.70 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,034.62 ↓ -5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,130.66 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $1,178.69 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,309.65 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,331.48 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $1,418.79 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,418.79 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $1,418.79 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,473.36 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $1,746.20 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,855.34 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $1,855.34 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,964.48 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $1,964.48 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,964.48 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $2,073.61 ↑ +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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Biopsy of salivary gland 42400 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,091.38 $43.49 – $2,073.61
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,091.38 $43.92 – $1,920.82
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,091.38 $43.49 – $2,073.61
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,091.38 $43.49 – $2,073.61
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $1,091.38 $43.49 – $2,073.61
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,091.38 $43.49 – $2,008.13
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,091.38 $43.49 – $2,008.13
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $1,091.38 $43.49 – $2,095.44

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