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Cystoscopy (Bladder Scope) 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

$404.00

Cash price

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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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$808.00

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.

$73.73 with Cigna Healthspring vs $767.60 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $73.73 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage $75.20 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $76.31 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $76.52 ↓ -81%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $92.16 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $104.54 ↓ -74%
Partners Managed Medicaid $105.04 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $105.59 ↓ -74%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $105.59 ↓ -74%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $105.59 ↓ -74%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $105.59 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $105.59 ↓ -74%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $105.59 ↓ -74%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $106.63 ↓ -74%
Alliance Behavioral Health $125.00 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $129.20 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $173.32 ↓ -57%
MedCost Ultra $207.84 ↓ -49%
MedCost PPO $207.84 ↓ -49%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $214.12 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $228.10 ↓ -44%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $240.86 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $260.98 ↓ -35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $288.53 ↓ -29%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $293.30 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $320.78 ↓ -21%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $328.86 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $349.86 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $357.14 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $370.06 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $382.99 ↓ -5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $418.54 ↑ +4%
Magellan Behavioral Health $484.80 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $492.88 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $525.20 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $525.20 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $545.40 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $646.40 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $686.80 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $727.20 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $727.20 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $727.20 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $767.60 ↑ +90%
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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Cystoscopy (Bladder Scope) at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $404.00 $73.73 – $767.60
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $404.00 $73.73 – $711.04
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $404.00 $73.73 – $767.60
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $404.00 $73.73 – $767.60
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $404.00 $73.73 – $767.60
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $404.00 $73.73 – $743.36
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $404.00 $73.73 – $743.36
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $404.00 $73.73 – $775.68

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