Cortisol total am 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

$92.68

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.

$185.35

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.

$16.63 with Humana vs $176.08 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $16.63 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $16.87 ↓ -82%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $17.12 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $17.17 ↓ -81%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $20.11 ↓ -78%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $20.31 ↓ -78%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $20.31 ↓ -78%
Partners Managed Medicaid $20.31 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $20.31 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $20.31 ↓ -78%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $20.31 ↓ -78%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $20.31 ↓ -78%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $20.38 ↓ -78%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $20.51 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $20.59 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $22.24 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $22.24 ↓ -76%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $27.40 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $28.67 ↓ -69%
Aetna Broad Network $30.32 ↓ -67%
MedCost Ultra $36.58 ↓ -61%
MedCost PPO $36.58 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $45.00 ↓ -51%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $49.12 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $52.38 ↓ -43%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $55.25 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $67.28 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $73.58 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial NB $80.26 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $81.92 ↓ -12%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $96.01 ↑ +4%
Magellan Behavioral Health $111.21 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $113.06 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $120.48 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $120.48 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $125.11 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $148.28 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $157.55 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $157.55 ↑ +70%
Provider Select Commercial $166.82 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $166.82 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $166.82 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $176.08 ↑ +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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Cortisol total am at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $92.68 $16.63 – $176.08
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $92.68 $20.31 – $163.11
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $92.68 $16.63 – $176.08
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $92.68 $16.63 – $176.08
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $92.68 $16.63 – $176.08
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $92.68 $16.63 – $170.52
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $92.68 $16.63 – $170.52
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $92.68 $16.63 – $177.94

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