Bx breast pq tomo guide 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

$2,574.68

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.

$5,149.35

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.

$669.42 with Partners vs $4,891.88 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 $669.42 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $674.56 ↓ -74%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $681.26 ↓ -74%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $687.44 ↓ -73%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $687.44 ↓ -73%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $687.44 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $690.01 ↓ -73%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $694.13 ↓ -73%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $708.04 ↓ -72%
Alliance Behavioral Health $796.60 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $823.38 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,104.54 ↓ -57%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,364.58 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,453.66 ↓ -44%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,535.02 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,869.21 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,044.29 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,070.04 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $2,095.79 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,229.67 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,276.01 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $2,358.40 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,440.79 ↓ -5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,667.36 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $2,780.65 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $3,089.61 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,141.10 ↑ +22%
MedCost PPO $3,347.08 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $3,347.08 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,347.08 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,475.81 ↑ +35%
Humana Medicare Advantage $3,714.87 ↑ +44%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $3,769.50 ↑ +46%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $3,824.13 ↑ +49%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $3,835.42 ↑ +49%
Healthgram Commercial $4,119.48 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $4,376.95 ↑ +70%
ChoiceCare Commercial $4,376.95 ↑ +70%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $4,552.54 ↑ +77%
Provider Select Commercial $4,634.42 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $4,634.42 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $4,634.42 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $4,891.88 ↑ +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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Bx breast pq tomo guide at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,574.68 $770.34 – $4,891.88
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,574.68 $978.38 – $5,149.35
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,574.68 $631.83 – $4,891.88
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,574.68 $720.91 – $4,891.88
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $2,574.68 $580.85 – $4,891.88
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,574.68 $314.06 – $4,737.40
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,574.68 $514.94 – $4,737.40
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $2,574.68 $617.92 – $4,943.38

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