Img rta detc/mntr ds phy/qhp 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

$70.68

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.

$141.35

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.

$11.90 with Cigna Healthspring vs $134.28 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 $11.90 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare Advantage $12.14 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $12.32 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $12.35 ↓ -83%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $14.13 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $14.27 ↓ -80%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $14.27 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $14.27 ↓ -80%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $14.27 ↓ -80%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $14.27 ↓ -80%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $14.27 ↓ -80%
Partners Managed Medicaid $14.27 ↓ -80%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $14.41 ↓ -80%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $14.88 ↓ -79%
Alliance Behavioral Health $21.87 ↓ -69%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $23.83 ↓ -66%
Aetna Broad Network $26.29 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $27.40 ↓ -61%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $28.95 ↓ -59%
ChoiceCare Commercial $28.95 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $31.64 ↓ -55%
MedCost Ultra $32.54 ↓ -54%
MedCost PPO $32.54 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $36.05 ↓ -49%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $37.46 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $42.14 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $51.31 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $56.12 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $56.82 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $61.20 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $62.48 ↓ -12%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $73.22 ↑ +4%
Magellan Behavioral Health $84.81 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $86.22 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $91.88 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $91.88 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $95.41 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $113.08 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $120.15 ↑ +70%
Provider Select Commercial $127.22 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $127.22 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $127.22 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $134.28 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan P not published by hospital

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Img rta detc/mntr ds phy/qhp at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $70.68 $11.90 – $134.28
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Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $70.68 $11.90 – $134.28
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $70.68 $11.90 – $134.28
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $70.68 $11.90 – $155.77
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $70.68 $11.90 – $130.04
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $70.68 $11.90 – $135.70

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