Compatibility test incubate 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

$55.28

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.

$110.55

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.

$14.37 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 $14.37 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $14.48 ↓ -74%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $14.63 ↓ -74%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $14.76 ↓ -73%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $14.76 ↓ -73%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $14.76 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $14.81 ↓ -73%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $14.90 ↓ -73%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $15.20 ↓ -73%
Alliance Behavioral Health $17.10 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $26.84 ↓ -51%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $29.30 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $31.24 ↓ -43%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $32.95 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $40.13 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $41.11 ↓ -26%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $43.89 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $44.44 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $44.99 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $47.87 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $48.86 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $50.63 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $52.40 ↓ -5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $57.26 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $59.70 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $66.33 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $67.44 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $71.86 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $71.86 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $71.86 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $74.62 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $88.44 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $93.97 ↑ +70%
ChoiceCare Commercial $93.97 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $99.50 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $99.50 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $99.50 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $105.02 ↑ +90%
Humana Medicare Advantage $166.24 ↑ +201%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $168.68 ↑ +205%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $171.13 ↑ +210%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $171.63 ↑ +210%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $203.73 ↑ +269%
Physician Reach Out Plan P not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Compatibility test incubate at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $55.28 $16.54 – $171.13
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $55.28 $21.00 – $110.55
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $55.28 $13.56 – $203.73
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $55.28 $15.48 – $168.96
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $55.28 $12.47 – $200.95
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $55.28 $19.37 – $203.73
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $55.28 $11.06 – $203.73
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $55.28 $13.27 – $171.13

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