Treat spinal cord lesion 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

$2,626.53

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.

$5,253.05

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.

$112.06 with Trillium vs $4,990.40 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 $112.06 ↓ -96%
Partners Managed Medicaid $113.18 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $113.18 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $113.18 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $113.18 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $113.18 ↓ -96%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $113.18 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $113.18 ↓ -96%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $114.30 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $145.03 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage $147.93 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $150.11 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $150.52 ↓ -94%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $181.29 ↓ -93%
Alliance Behavioral Health $812.65 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $839.96 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,126.78 ↓ -57%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,392.06 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,482.94 ↓ -44%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,565.93 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,906.86 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,085.46 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,111.73 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $2,137.99 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,274.57 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,321.85 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $2,405.90 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,489.95 ↓ -5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,721.08 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $2,836.65 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $3,151.83 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,204.36 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $3,414.48 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,414.48 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $3,414.48 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,545.81 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $4,202.44 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $4,465.09 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $4,465.09 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $4,727.75 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $4,727.75 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $4,727.75 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $4,990.40 ↑ +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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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,626.53 $112.06 – $4,990.40
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