X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images with glucagon double contrast study 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

$820.15

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$1,640.30

Gross charge

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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.

$41.06 with Trillium vs $1,558.29 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

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 $41.06 ↓ -95%
Partners Managed Medicaid $41.47 ↓ -95%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $41.47 ↓ -95%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $41.47 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $41.47 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $41.47 ↓ -95%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $41.47 ↓ -95%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $41.47 ↓ -95%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $41.88 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $55.53 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Advantage $56.64 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $57.47 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $57.63 ↓ -93%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $69.41 ↓ -92%
Alliance Behavioral Health $253.75 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $398.26 ↓ -51%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $434.68 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $463.55 ↓ -43%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $488.97 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $595.43 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $610.03 ↓ -26%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $651.20 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $659.40 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $667.60 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $710.25 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $725.01 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $751.26 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $777.50 ↓ -5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $849.68 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $885.76 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $984.18 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,000.58 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $1,066.20 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,066.20 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $1,066.20 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,107.20 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $1,312.24 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,394.26 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $1,394.26 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,476.27 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $1,476.27 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,476.27 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,558.29 ↑ +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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X-ray colon abdominal radiograph(s) & delayed images with glucagon double contrast study at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $820.15 $41.06 – $1,558.29
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $820.15 $41.47 – $1,443.46
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $820.15 $41.06 – $1,558.29
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $820.15 $41.06 – $1,558.29
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $820.15 $41.06 – $1,558.29
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $820.15 $41.06 – $1,509.08
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $820.15 $41.06 – $1,509.08
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $820.15 $41.06 – $1,574.69

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