Rmvl foreign body upper arm/elbow subcutaneous 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

$1,597.68

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.

$3,195.35

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.

$97.40 with Trillium vs $3,035.58 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 $97.40 ↓ -94%
Partners Managed Medicaid $98.37 ↓ -94%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $98.37 ↓ -94%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $98.37 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $98.37 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $98.37 ↓ -94%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $98.37 ↓ -94%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $98.37 ↓ -94%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $99.35 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $133.04 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare Advantage $135.70 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $137.70 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $138.08 ↓ -91%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $166.30 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $391.44 ↓ -75%
Alliance Behavioral Health $494.32 ↓ -69%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $846.77 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $952.53 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,032.10 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,159.91 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,268.55 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,276.54 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $1,300.51 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,383.59 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,412.34 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $1,463.47 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,514.60 ↓ -5%
MedCost Ultra $1,725.49 ↑ +8%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,805.37 ↑ +13%
Magellan Behavioral Health $1,917.21 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,949.16 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $2,076.98 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,076.98 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $2,076.98 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $2,156.86 ↑ +35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2,231.31 ↑ +40%
Healthgram Commercial $2,556.28 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $2,716.05 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $2,716.05 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,875.82 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $2,875.82 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $2,875.82 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $3,035.58 ↑ +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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Rmvl foreign body upper arm/elbow subcutaneous at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,597.68 $97.40 – $3,035.58
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,597.68 $98.37 – $2,811.91
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,597.68 $97.40 – $3,035.58
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,597.68 $97.40 – $3,035.58
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $1,597.68 $97.40 – $3,035.58
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,597.68 $75.38 – $2,939.72
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,597.68 $97.40 – $2,939.72
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $1,597.68 $97.40 – $3,067.54

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