Implant spine infusion pump 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

$10,558.55

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.

$21,117.10

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.

$301.56 with Trillium vs $20,061.25 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 $301.56 ↓ -97%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $304.58 ↓ -97%
Partners Managed Medicaid $304.58 ↓ -97%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $304.58 ↓ -97%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $304.58 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $304.58 ↓ -97%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $304.58 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $304.58 ↓ -97%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $307.59 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $354.08 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $361.16 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $366.47 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $367.48 ↓ -97%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $442.60 ↓ -96%
Alliance Behavioral Health $3,266.82 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $3,376.62 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $4,529.62 ↓ -57%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $5,596.03 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $5,961.36 ↓ -44%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $6,295.01 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $7,665.51 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $8,383.49 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $8,489.07 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $8,594.66 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $9,143.70 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $9,333.76 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $9,671.63 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $10,009.51 ↓ -5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $10,938.66 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $11,403.23 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $12,670.26 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $12,881.43 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $13,726.12 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $13,726.12 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $13,726.12 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $14,254.04 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $16,893.68 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $17,949.54 ↑ +70%
ChoiceCare Commercial $17,949.54 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $19,005.39 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $19,005.39 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $19,005.39 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $20,061.25 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —
Physician Reach Out Plan P not published by hospital —
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —

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Implant spine infusion pump at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $10,558.55 $301.56 – $20,061.25
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $10,558.55 $304.58 – $18,583.05
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $10,558.55 $301.56 – $20,061.25
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $10,558.55 $301.56 – $20,061.25
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $10,558.55 $301.56 – $20,061.25
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $10,558.55 $301.56 – $19,427.73
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $10,558.55 $301.56 – $19,427.73
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $10,558.55 $301.56 – $20,272.42

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