Inj vocal cord bulking agent 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

$367.50

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.

$735.00

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.

$53.12 with Humana vs $698.25 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $53.12 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $53.90 ↓ -85%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $54.68 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $54.85 ↓ -85%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $65.10 ↓ -82%
Partners Managed Medicaid $95.55 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $96.29 ↓ -74%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $97.24 ↓ -74%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $98.12 ↓ -73%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $98.12 ↓ -73%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $98.12 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $98.49 ↓ -73%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $99.08 ↓ -73%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $101.06 ↓ -73%
Alliance Behavioral Health $113.70 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $117.53 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $157.66 ↓ -57%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $194.78 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $207.49 ↓ -44%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $219.10 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $266.81 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $291.80 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $295.47 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $299.15 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $318.26 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $324.87 ↓ -12%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $333.69 ↓ -9%
Aetna Broad Network $336.63 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $348.39 ↓ -5%
MedCost Ultra $396.90 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $441.00 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $448.35 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $477.75 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $477.75 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $477.75 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $496.13 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $588.00 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $624.75 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $624.75 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $661.50 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $661.50 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $661.50 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $698.25 ↑ +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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Inj vocal cord bulking agent at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $367.50 $53.12 – $698.25
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $367.50 $139.65 – $735.00
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $367.50 $53.12 – $698.25
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $367.50 $62.92 – $698.25
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $367.50 $53.12 – $698.25
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $367.50 $53.12 – $676.20
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $367.50 $53.12 – $676.20
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $367.50 $62.92 – $705.60

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