Lev 2 hosp type b ed visit 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

$359.65

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.

$719.30

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.

$93.51 with Partners vs $683.34 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 $93.51 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $94.23 ↓ -74%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $95.16 ↓ -74%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $96.03 ↓ -73%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $96.03 ↓ -73%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $96.03 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $96.39 ↓ -73%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $96.96 ↓ -73%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $98.90 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare Advantage $107.35 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $108.93 ↓ -70%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $110.51 ↓ -69%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $110.84 ↓ -69%
Alliance Behavioral Health $111.28 ↓ -69%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $131.56 ↓ -63%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $190.61 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $214.42 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $261.11 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $285.56 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $287.36 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $289.16 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $292.76 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $311.46 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $317.93 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $329.44 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $340.95 ↓ -5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $378.14 ↑ +5%
MedCost Ultra $388.42 ↑ +8%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $406.40 ↑ +13%
Magellan Behavioral Health $431.58 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $438.77 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $467.55 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $467.55 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $467.55 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $485.53 ↑ +35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $502.29 ↑ +40%
Healthgram Commercial $575.44 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $611.41 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $611.41 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $647.37 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $647.37 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $647.37 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $683.34 ↑ +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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Lev 2 hosp type b ed visit at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $359.65 $107.35 – $683.34
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $359.65 $134.51 – $719.30
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $359.65 $88.26 – $683.34
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $359.65 $100.70 – $683.34
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $359.65 $81.14 – $683.34
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $359.65 $75.38 – $661.76
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $359.65 $71.93 – $661.76
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $359.65 $86.32 – $690.53

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