Nerve conduction studies 5-6 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

$1,252.65

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.

$2,505.30

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.

$49.34 with Cigna Healthspring vs $2,380.04 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $49.34 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $50.33 ↓ -96%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $51.07 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $51.21 ↓ -96%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $61.68 ↓ -95%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $62.83 ↓ -95%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $63.46 ↓ -95%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $63.46 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $63.46 ↓ -95%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $63.46 ↓ -95%
Partners Managed Medicaid $63.46 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $63.46 ↓ -95%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $63.46 ↓ -95%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $64.09 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $239.56 ↓ -81%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $262.62 ↓ -79%
Aetna Broad Network $289.74 ↓ -77%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $303.57 ↓ -76%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $320.78 ↓ -74%
ChoiceCare Commercial $320.78 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $338.63 ↓ -73%
MedCost Ultra $370.00 ↓ -70%
MedCost PPO $370.00 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $387.57 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $399.42 ↓ -68%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $663.90 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $746.83 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $909.42 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $994.60 ↓ -21%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,084.79 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,107.34 ↓ -12%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,297.75 ↑ +4%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,503.18 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,528.23 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,628.45 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $1,628.45 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,691.08 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $2,004.24 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $2,129.51 ↑ +70%
Provider Select Commercial $2,254.77 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $2,254.77 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,254.77 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $2,380.04 ↑ +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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Nerve conduction studies 5-6 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,252.65 $49.34 – $2,380.04
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,252.65 $49.34 – $2,204.66
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,252.65 $49.34 – $2,380.04
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,252.65 $49.34 – $2,380.04
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $1,252.65 $49.34 – $2,380.04
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,252.65 $49.34 – $2,304.88
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,252.65 $49.34 – $2,304.88
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $1,252.65 $49.34 – $2,405.09

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