Bld prd mix 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

$101.78

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.

$203.55

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.

$26.46 with Partners vs $203.73 with Ortho Carolina — 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 $26.46 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $26.67 ↓ -74%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $26.93 ↓ -74%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $27.17 ↓ -73%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $27.17 ↓ -73%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $27.17 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $27.28 ↓ -73%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $27.44 ↓ -73%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $27.99 ↓ -72%
Alliance Behavioral Health $31.49 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $49.42 ↓ -51%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $53.94 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $57.52 ↓ -43%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $60.68 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $73.89 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $75.70 ↓ -26%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $80.81 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $81.83 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $82.84 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $88.14 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $89.97 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $93.23 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $96.48 ↓ -5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $105.44 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $109.92 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $122.13 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $124.17 ↑ +22%
MedCost PPO $132.31 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $132.31 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $132.31 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $137.40 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $162.84 ↑ +60%
Humana Medicare Advantage $166.24 ↑ +63%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $168.68 ↑ +66%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $171.13 ↑ +68%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $171.63 ↑ +69%
ChoiceCare Commercial $173.02 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $173.02 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $183.20 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $183.20 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $183.20 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $193.37 ↑ +90%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $203.73 ↑ +100%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan P not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Bld prd mix at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $101.78 $30.45 – $193.37
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $101.78 $38.67 – $203.55
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $101.78 $24.98 – $203.73
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $101.78 $28.50 – $193.37
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $101.78 $22.96 – $200.95
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $101.78 $32.42 – $203.73
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $101.78 $20.36 – $203.73
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $101.78 $24.43 – $195.41

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