Cornea pre-cut midwest eye cornea pre-cut midwest eye 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

$2,400.00

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.

$4,800.00

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.

$624.00 with Partners vs $4,560.00 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 $624.00 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $628.80 ↓ -74%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $635.04 ↓ -74%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $640.80 ↓ -73%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $640.80 ↓ -73%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $640.80 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $643.20 ↓ -73%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $647.04 ↓ -73%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $660.00 ↓ -73%
Alliance Behavioral Health $742.56 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $767.52 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,029.60 ↓ -57%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,272.00 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,355.04 ↓ -44%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,430.88 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,742.40 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,905.60 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,929.60 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1,953.60 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,078.40 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,121.60 ↓ -12%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,179.20 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $2,198.40 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,275.20 ↓ -5%
MedCost Ultra $2,592.00 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $2,880.00 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,928.00 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,120.00 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $3,120.00 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $3,120.00 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,240.00 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $3,840.00 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $4,080.00 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $4,080.00 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $4,320.00 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $4,320.00 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $4,320.00 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $4,560.00 ↑ +90%
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Humana Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Ortho Carolina Commercial not published by hospital —
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —
Physician Reach Out Plan P not published by hospital —
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —

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Cornea pre-cut midwest eye cornea pre-cut midwest eye at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,400.00 $718.08 – $4,560.00
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,400.00 $912.00 – $4,800.00
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,400.00 $588.96 – $4,560.00
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,400.00 $672.00 – $4,560.00
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $2,400.00 $541.44 – $4,560.00
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,400.00 $862.56 – $4,416.00
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,400.00 $480.00 – $4,416.00
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $2,400.00 $576.00 – $4,608.00

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