Platelet pheresis each unit 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

$1,393.13

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.

$2,786.25

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.

$362.21 with Partners vs $2,646.94 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 $362.21 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $365.00 ↓ -74%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $368.62 ↓ -74%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $371.96 ↓ -73%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $371.96 ↓ -73%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $371.96 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $373.36 ↓ -73%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $375.59 ↓ -73%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $383.11 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare Advantage $405.07 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $411.03 ↓ -70%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $416.99 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $418.22 ↓ -70%
Alliance Behavioral Health $431.03 ↓ -69%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $496.41 ↓ -64%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $676.50 ↓ -51%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $738.36 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $787.39 ↓ -43%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $830.58 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,011.41 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,036.21 ↓ -26%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,106.14 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,120.07 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1,134.00 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,206.45 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,231.52 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $1,276.10 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,320.68 ↓ -5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,443.28 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $1,504.58 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,671.75 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,699.61 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,811.06 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $1,811.06 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $1,811.06 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,880.72 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $2,229.00 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $2,368.31 ↑ +70%
ChoiceCare Commercial $2,368.31 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $2,507.63 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $2,507.63 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,507.63 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $2,646.94 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —
Physician Reach Out Plan P not published by hospital —
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —

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Platelet pheresis each unit at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,393.13 $405.07 – $2,646.94
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,393.13 $529.39 – $2,786.25
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,393.13 $341.87 – $2,646.94
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,393.13 $390.08 – $2,646.94
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $1,393.13 $314.29 – $2,646.94
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,393.13 $85.42 – $2,563.35
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,393.13 $278.63 – $2,563.35
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $1,393.13 $334.35 – $2,674.80

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