Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe streptococcus group a 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

$31.03

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.

$62.05

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.

$8.07 with Partners vs $58.95 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 $8.07 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $8.13 ↓ -74%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $8.21 ↓ -74%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $8.28 ↓ -73%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $8.28 ↓ -73%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $8.28 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $8.31 ↓ -73%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $8.36 ↓ -73%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $8.53 ↓ -73%
Alliance Behavioral Health $9.60 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $15.07 ↓ -51%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $16.44 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $17.54 ↓ -43%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $18.50 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $22.52 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $23.08 ↓ -26%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $24.63 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $24.94 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $25.25 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $26.87 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $27.43 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $28.42 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $29.41 ↓ -5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $32.14 ↑ +4%
ChoiceCare Commercial $32.22 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $33.51 ↑ +8%
Humana Medicare Advantage $35.79 ↑ +15%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $36.32 ↑ +17%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $36.84 ↑ +19%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $36.95 ↑ +19%
Magellan Behavioral Health $37.23 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $37.85 ↑ +22%
MedCost PPO $40.33 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $40.33 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $40.33 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $41.88 ↑ +35%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $43.86 ↑ +41%
Healthgram Commercial $49.64 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $52.74 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $55.85 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $55.85 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $55.85 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $58.95 ↑ +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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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe streptococcus group a at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $31.03 $9.28 – $58.95
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $31.03 $11.79 – $54.60
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $31.03 $7.61 – $58.95
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $31.03 $8.69 – $58.95
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $31.03 $7.00 – $58.95
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $31.03 $13.53 – $57.09
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $31.03 $6.21 – $57.09
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $31.03 $7.45 – $59.57

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