Biopsy skin incisional single lesion 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

$206.55

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.

$413.10

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.

$51.34 with Trillium vs $392.45 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 $51.34 ↓ -75%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $51.85 ↓ -75%
Partners Managed Medicaid $51.85 ↓ -75%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $51.85 ↓ -75%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $51.85 ↓ -75%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $51.85 ↓ -75%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $51.85 ↓ -75%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $51.85 ↓ -75%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $51.94 ↓ -75%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $52.37 ↓ -75%
Humana Medicare Advantage $52.98 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $53.76 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $53.91 ↓ -74%
Alliance Behavioral Health $63.91 ↓ -69%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $64.93 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $66.05 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $88.61 ↓ -57%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $109.47 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $116.62 ↓ -44%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $123.15 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $133.43 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $149.96 ↓ -27%
MedCost Ultra $153.43 ↓ -26%
MedCost PPO $153.43 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $162.65 ↓ -21%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $164.00 ↓ -21%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $168.13 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $178.87 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $182.59 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $189.20 ↓ -8%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $213.99 ↑ +4%
Magellan Behavioral Health $247.86 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $251.99 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $268.52 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $268.52 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $278.84 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $330.48 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $351.14 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $351.14 ↑ +70%
Provider Select Commercial $371.79 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $371.79 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $371.79 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $392.45 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan P not published by hospital

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Biopsy skin incisional single lesion at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $206.55 $51.34 – $392.45
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $206.55 $51.85 – $363.53
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $206.55 $50.69 – $392.45
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $206.55 $51.34 – $392.45
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $206.55 $46.60 – $392.45
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $206.55 $51.34 – $380.05
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $206.55 $41.31 – $380.05
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $206.55 $49.57 – $396.58

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