Hearing loss dup/del analys 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

$544.93

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.

$1,089.85

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.

$141.68 with Partners vs $1,035.36 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
Partners Managed Medicaid $141.68 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $142.77 ↓ -74%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $144.19 ↓ -74%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $145.49 ↓ -73%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $145.49 ↓ -73%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $145.49 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $146.04 ↓ -73%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $146.91 ↓ -73%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $149.85 ↓ -73%
Alliance Behavioral Health $168.60 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $264.62 ↓ -51%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $288.81 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $307.99 ↓ -43%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $324.88 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $395.62 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $405.32 ↓ -26%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $432.67 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $438.12 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $443.57 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $471.91 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $481.71 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $499.15 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $516.59 ↓ -5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $564.54 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $588.52 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $653.91 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $664.81 ↑ +22%
Humana Medicare Advantage $693.16 ↑ +27%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $703.35 ↑ +29%
Quik Trip Commercial $708.40 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $708.40 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $708.40 ↑ +30%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $713.55 ↑ +31%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $715.66 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $735.65 ↑ +35%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $849.46 ↑ +56%
Healthgram Commercial $871.88 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $926.37 ↑ +70%
ChoiceCare Commercial $926.37 ↑ +70%
Provider Select Commercial $980.87 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $980.87 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $980.87 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,035.36 ↑ +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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Hearing loss dup/del analys at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $544.93 $163.04 – $1,035.36
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $544.93 $207.07 – $1,089.85
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $544.93 $133.72 – $1,035.36
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $544.93 $152.58 – $1,035.36
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $544.93 $122.94 – $1,035.36
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $544.93 $237.70 – $1,002.66
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $544.93 $108.99 – $1,002.66
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $544.93 $130.78 – $1,046.26

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