Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb 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

$2,945.18

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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.

$5,890.35

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.

$62.19 with Trillium vs $5,595.83 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 $62.19 ↓ -98%
Partners Managed Medicaid $62.81 ↓ -98%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $62.81 ↓ -98%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $62.81 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $62.81 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $62.81 ↓ -98%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $62.81 ↓ -98%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $62.81 ↓ -98%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $63.43 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $64.27 ↓ -98%
Humana Medicare Advantage $65.56 ↓ -98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $66.52 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $66.70 ↓ -98%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $80.34 ↓ -97%
Alliance Behavioral Health $911.24 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,430.18 ↓ -51%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,560.94 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,664.61 ↓ -43%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,755.91 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,138.20 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,190.62 ↓ -26%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,338.47 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,367.92 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $2,397.37 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,550.52 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,603.53 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $2,697.78 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,792.03 ↓ -5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,051.20 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $3,180.79 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $3,534.21 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,593.11 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $3,828.73 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,828.73 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $3,828.73 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,975.99 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $4,712.28 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $5,006.80 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $5,006.80 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $5,301.32 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $5,301.32 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $5,301.32 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $5,595.83 ↑ +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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Pet fdg brain metoblic eval sb at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,945.18 $62.19 – $5,595.83
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,945.18 $62.81 – $5,183.51
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,945.18 $62.19 – $5,595.83
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,945.18 $62.19 – $5,595.83
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $2,945.18 $62.19 – $5,595.83
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,945.18 $62.19 – $5,419.12
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,945.18 $62.19 – $5,419.12
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $2,945.18 $62.19 – $5,654.74

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