Ins picad w subq port 5yr> 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

$1,797.25

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.

$3,594.50

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.

$243.70 with Trillium vs $3,414.78 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 $243.70 ↓ -86%
Partners Managed Medicaid $246.14 ↓ -86%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $246.14 ↓ -86%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $246.14 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $246.14 ↓ -86%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $246.14 ↓ -86%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $246.14 ↓ -86%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $246.14 ↓ -86%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $248.57 ↓ -86%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $282.56 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare Advantage $288.21 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $292.45 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $293.25 ↓ -84%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $353.20 ↓ -80%
Alliance Behavioral Health $556.07 ↓ -69%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $952.54 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,071.52 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,161.02 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,304.80 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,427.02 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,436.00 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1,462.96 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,556.42 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,588.77 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $1,646.28 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,703.79 ↓ -5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,889.63 ↑ +5%
MedCost Ultra $1,941.03 ↑ +8%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,030.89 ↑ +13%
Magellan Behavioral Health $2,156.70 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,192.65 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $2,336.43 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,336.43 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $2,336.43 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $2,426.29 ↑ +35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2,510.04 ↑ +40%
Healthgram Commercial $2,875.60 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $3,055.33 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $3,055.33 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $3,235.05 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $3,235.05 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $3,235.05 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $3,414.78 ↑ +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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Ins picad w subq port 5yr> at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,797.25 $243.70 – $3,414.78
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,797.25 $246.14 – $3,163.16
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,797.25 $243.70 – $3,414.78
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,797.25 $243.70 – $3,414.78
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $1,797.25 $243.70 – $3,414.78
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,797.25 $75.38 – $3,306.94
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,797.25 $243.70 – $3,306.94
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $1,797.25 $243.70 – $3,450.72

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