Ghs intro needle/intracath vein - 36000 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

$263.98

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.

$527.95

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.

$7.60 with Trillium vs $501.55 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 $7.60 ↓ -97%
Partners Managed Medicaid $7.68 ↓ -97%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $7.68 ↓ -97%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $7.68 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $7.68 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $7.68 ↓ -97%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $7.68 ↓ -97%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $7.68 ↓ -97%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $7.75 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $28.68 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $29.10 ↓ -89%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $29.52 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $29.61 ↓ -89%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $35.15 ↓ -87%
Alliance Behavioral Health $81.67 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $84.42 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $113.25 ↓ -57%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $139.91 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $149.04 ↓ -44%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $157.38 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $191.65 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $209.60 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $212.24 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $214.88 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $228.60 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $233.35 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $241.80 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $250.25 ↓ -5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $273.48 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $285.09 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $316.77 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $322.05 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $343.17 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $343.17 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $343.17 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $356.37 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $422.36 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $448.76 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $448.76 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $475.16 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $475.16 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $475.16 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $501.55 ↑ +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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Ghs intro needle/intracath vein - 36000 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $263.98 $7.60 – $501.55
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $263.98 $7.68 – $464.60
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $263.98 $7.60 – $501.55
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Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $263.98 $7.60 – $501.55
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $263.98 $7.60 – $485.71
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $263.98 $7.60 – $485.71
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $263.98 $7.60 – $506.83

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