Fetal cord puncture prenatal 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

$819.00

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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$1,638.00

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.

$155.85 with Trillium vs $1,556.10 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
Trillium Managed Medicaid $155.85 ↓ -81%
Partners Managed Medicaid $157.41 ↓ -81%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $157.41 ↓ -81%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $157.41 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $157.41 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $157.41 ↓ -81%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $157.41 ↓ -81%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $157.41 ↓ -81%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $158.97 ↓ -81%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $180.07 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare Advantage $183.67 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $186.37 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $186.89 ↓ -77%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $225.09 ↓ -73%
Alliance Behavioral Health $253.40 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $397.71 ↓ -51%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $434.07 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $462.90 ↓ -43%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $488.29 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $594.59 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $609.17 ↓ -26%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $650.29 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $658.48 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $666.67 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $709.25 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $724.00 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $750.20 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $776.41 ↓ -5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $848.48 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $884.52 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $982.80 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $999.18 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $1,064.70 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,064.70 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $1,064.70 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,105.65 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $1,310.40 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,392.30 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $1,392.30 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,474.20 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $1,474.20 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,474.20 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,556.10 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan P not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Fetal cord puncture prenatal at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $819.00 $155.85 – $1,556.10
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $819.00 $157.41 – $1,441.44
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $819.00 $155.85 – $1,556.10
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $819.00 $155.85 – $1,556.10
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $819.00 $155.85 – $1,556.10
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $819.00 $155.85 – $1,506.96
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $819.00 $155.85 – $1,506.96
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $819.00 $155.85 – $1,572.48

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