Pr incision & drainage abscess complicated/multiple 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

$473.70

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.

$947.40

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.

$120.14 with Trillium vs $900.03 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 $120.14 ↓ -75%
Partners Managed Medicaid $121.34 ↓ -74%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $121.34 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $121.34 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $121.34 ↓ -74%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $121.34 ↓ -74%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $121.34 ↓ -74%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $121.34 ↓ -74%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $122.54 ↓ -74%
Alliance Behavioral Health $146.56 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $151.49 ↓ -68%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $169.87 ↓ -64%
Humana Medicare Advantage $173.27 ↓ -63%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $175.82 ↓ -63%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $176.30 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $203.22 ↓ -57%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $212.34 ↓ -55%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $251.06 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $267.45 ↓ -44%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $282.42 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $306.01 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $343.91 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $376.12 ↓ -21%
ChoiceCare Commercial $376.51 ↓ -21%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $385.59 ↓ -19%
Employers Health Network Commercial $405.79 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $410.22 ↓ -13%
Aetna Broad Network $433.91 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $449.07 ↓ -5%
MedCost Ultra $454.04 ↓ -4%
MedCost PPO $454.04 ↓ -4%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $490.75 ↑ +4%
Magellan Behavioral Health $568.44 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $577.91 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $615.81 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $615.81 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $639.50 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $757.92 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $805.29 ↑ +70%
Provider Select Commercial $852.66 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $852.66 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $852.66 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $900.03 ↑ +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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Pr incision & drainage abscess complicated/multiple at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $473.70 $120.14 – $900.03
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $473.70 $121.34 – $833.71
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $473.70 $116.25 – $900.03
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $473.70 $120.14 – $900.03
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $473.70 $106.87 – $900.03
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $473.70 $75.38 – $871.61
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $473.70 $94.74 – $871.61
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $473.70 $113.69 – $909.50

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