Treat thigh fracture 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

$661.00

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.

$1,322.00

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.

$171.86 with Partners vs $1,255.90 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 $171.86 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $173.18 ↓ -74%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $174.90 ↓ -74%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $176.49 ↓ -73%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $176.49 ↓ -73%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $176.49 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $177.15 ↓ -73%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $178.21 ↓ -73%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $181.78 ↓ -72%
Alliance Behavioral Health $204.51 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare Advantage $232.71 ↓ -65%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $236.14 ↓ -64%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $239.56 ↓ -64%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $240.26 ↓ -64%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $285.19 ↓ -57%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $350.33 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $394.09 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $427.01 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $479.89 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $524.83 ↓ -21%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $528.14 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $538.05 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $572.43 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $584.32 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $605.48 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $626.63 ↓ -5%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $694.98 ↑ +5%
MedCost Ultra $713.88 ↑ +8%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $746.93 ↑ +13%
Magellan Behavioral Health $793.20 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $806.42 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $859.30 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $859.30 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $859.30 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $892.35 ↑ +35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $923.15 ↑ +40%
Healthgram Commercial $1,057.60 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,123.70 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $1,123.70 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,189.80 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,189.80 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $1,189.80 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,255.90 ↑ +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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Treat thigh fracture at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $661.00 $197.77 – $1,255.90
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $661.00 $247.21 – $1,163.36
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $661.00 $162.21 – $1,255.90
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $661.00 $185.08 – $1,255.90
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $661.00 $149.12 – $1,255.90
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $661.00 $75.38 – $1,216.24
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $661.00 $132.20 – $1,216.24
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $661.00 $158.64 – $1,269.12

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