Bld exchange truj oth thn nb 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

$1,164.88

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.

$2,329.75

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.

$102.38 with Trillium vs $2,213.26 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 $102.38 ↓ -91%
Partners Managed Medicaid $103.40 ↓ -91%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $103.40 ↓ -91%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $103.40 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $103.40 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $103.40 ↓ -91%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $103.40 ↓ -91%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $103.40 ↓ -91%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $104.43 ↓ -91%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $111.88 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare Advantage $114.12 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $115.80 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $116.11 ↓ -90%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $139.85 ↓ -88%
Alliance Behavioral Health $360.41 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $372.53 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $499.73 ↓ -57%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $617.38 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $657.69 ↓ -44%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $694.50 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $845.70 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $924.91 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $936.56 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $948.21 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,008.78 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,029.75 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $1,067.03 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,104.30 ↓ -5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,206.81 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $1,258.07 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,397.85 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,421.15 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $1,514.34 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,514.34 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $1,514.34 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,572.58 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $1,863.80 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,980.29 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $1,980.29 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,096.78 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $2,096.78 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $2,096.78 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $2,213.26 ↑ +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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Bld exchange truj oth thn nb at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,164.88 $102.38 – $2,213.26
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,164.88 $103.40 – $2,050.18
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,164.88 $102.38 – $2,213.26
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,164.88 $102.38 – $2,213.26
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $1,164.88 $102.38 – $2,213.26
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,164.88 $102.38 – $2,143.37
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,164.88 $102.38 – $2,143.37
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $1,164.88 $102.38 – $2,236.56

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