Tte w or without fol w/cont, f/u 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

$418.90

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.

$837.80

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.

$108.91 with Partners vs $939.28 with Ortho Carolina — 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 $108.91 ↓ -74%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $109.75 ↓ -74%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $110.84 ↓ -74%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $111.85 ↓ -73%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $111.85 ↓ -73%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $111.85 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $112.27 ↓ -73%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $112.94 ↓ -73%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $115.20 ↓ -72%
Alliance Behavioral Health $129.61 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $203.42 ↓ -51%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $222.02 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $236.76 ↓ -43%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $249.75 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $304.12 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $311.58 ↓ -26%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $332.61 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $336.80 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $340.98 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $362.77 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $370.31 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $383.71 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $397.12 ↓ -5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $433.98 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $452.41 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $502.68 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $511.06 ↑ +22%
Quik Trip Commercial $544.57 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $544.57 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $544.57 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $565.52 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $670.24 ↑ +60%
First Health Commercial $712.13 ↑ +70%
ChoiceCare Commercial $712.13 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $754.02 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $754.02 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $754.02 ↑ +80%
Humana Medicare Advantage $766.45 ↑ +83%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $777.73 ↑ +86%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $789.00 ↑ +88%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $791.33 ↑ +89%
Multiplan Commercial $795.91 ↑ +90%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $939.28 ↑ +124%
Physician Reach Out Plan P not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Tte w or without fol w/cont, f/u at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $418.90 $125.33 – $795.91
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $418.90 $159.18 – $837.80
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $418.90 $102.80 – $939.28
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $418.90 $117.29 – $795.91
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $418.90 $94.50 – $926.48
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $418.90 $182.72 – $939.28
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $418.90 $83.78 – $939.28
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $418.90 $100.54 – $804.29

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