Ghs IV thrombolytics - cerebral 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

$739.53

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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.

$1,479.05

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.

$48.88 with Cigna Healthspring vs $1,405.10 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $48.88 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Advantage $49.86 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $50.59 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $50.73 ↓ -93%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $61.10 ↓ -92%
Partners Managed Medicaid $192.28 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $193.76 ↓ -74%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $195.68 ↓ -74%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $197.45 ↓ -73%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $197.45 ↓ -73%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $197.45 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $198.19 ↓ -73%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $199.38 ↓ -73%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $203.37 ↓ -73%
Alliance Behavioral Health $228.81 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $236.50 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $317.26 ↓ -57%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $391.95 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $417.54 ↓ -44%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $440.90 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $477.73 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $536.90 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $587.18 ↓ -21%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $601.97 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $640.43 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $653.74 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $677.40 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $701.07 ↓ -5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $766.15 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $798.69 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $887.43 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $902.22 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $961.38 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $961.38 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $961.38 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $998.36 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $1,183.24 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,257.19 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $1,257.19 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,331.15 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $1,331.15 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,331.15 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,405.10 ↑ +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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Ghs IV thrombolytics - cerebral at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $739.53 $48.88 – $1,405.10
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $739.53 $48.88 – $1,301.56
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $739.53 $48.88 – $1,405.10
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $739.53 $48.88 – $1,405.10
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $739.53 $48.88 – $1,405.10
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $739.53 $48.88 – $1,360.73
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $739.53 $48.88 – $1,360.73
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $739.53 $48.88 – $1,419.89

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