Troponin quantitative 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

$204.18

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.

$408.35

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.

$9.99 with ChoiceCare vs $387.93 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
ChoiceCare Commercial $9.99 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $9.99 ↓ -95%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $12.13 ↓ -94%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $12.25 ↓ -94%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $12.25 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $12.25 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $12.25 ↓ -94%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $12.25 ↓ -94%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $12.25 ↓ -94%
Partners Managed Medicaid $12.25 ↓ -94%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $12.37 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $12.44 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage $12.72 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $12.91 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $13.09 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $13.13 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $13.42 ↓ -93%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $15.59 ↓ -92%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $20.96 ↓ -90%
Aetna Broad Network $23.19 ↓ -89%
Alliance Behavioral Health $63.17 ↓ -69%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $108.21 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $115.40 ↓ -43%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $121.73 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $148.23 ↓ -27%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $162.11 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $164.16 ↓ -20%
Cigna Commercial NB $176.82 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $180.49 ↓ -12%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $211.53 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $220.51 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $245.01 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $249.09 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $265.43 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $265.43 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $265.43 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $275.64 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $326.68 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $347.10 ↑ +70%
Provider Select Commercial $367.52 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $367.52 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $367.52 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $387.93 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan P not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Troponin quantitative at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $204.18 $9.99 – $387.93
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $204.18 $12.25 – $359.35
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $204.18 $9.99 – $387.93
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $204.18 $9.99 – $387.93
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $204.18 $9.99 – $387.93
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $204.18 $9.99 – $375.68
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $204.18 $9.99 – $375.68
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $204.18 $9.99 – $392.02

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