X-ray sinus tract/fistula/abscess 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

$374.98

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.

$749.95

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.

$22.59 with Trillium vs $712.45 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 $22.59 ↓ -94%
Partners Managed Medicaid $22.82 ↓ -94%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $22.82 ↓ -94%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $22.82 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $22.82 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $22.82 ↓ -94%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $22.82 ↓ -94%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $22.82 ↓ -94%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $23.04 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $23.12 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage $23.58 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $23.93 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $24.00 ↓ -94%
Ortho Carolina Commercial $28.90 ↓ -92%
Alliance Behavioral Health $116.02 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $182.09 ↓ -51%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $198.74 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $211.94 ↓ -43%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $223.56 ↓ -40%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $272.23 ↓ -27%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $278.91 ↓ -26%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $297.73 ↓ -21%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $301.48 ↓ -20%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus Commercial $305.23 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial NB $324.73 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $331.48 ↓ -12%
Aetna Broad Network $343.48 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $355.48 ↓ -5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $388.47 ↑ +4%
MedCost Ultra $404.97 ↑ +8%
Magellan Behavioral Health $449.97 ↑ +20%
Aetna First Health Commercial $457.47 ↑ +22%
GMMI Commercial $487.47 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $487.47 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $487.47 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $506.22 ↑ +35%
Healthgram Commercial $599.96 ↑ +60%
ChoiceCare Commercial $637.46 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $637.46 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $674.96 ↑ +80%
Provider Select Commercial $674.96 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $674.96 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $712.45 ↑ +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 sinus tract/fistula/abscess at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $374.98 $22.59 – $712.45
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $374.98 $22.82 – $659.96
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $374.98 $22.59 – $712.45
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $374.98 $22.59 – $712.45
Atrium Health Lincoln Lincolnton $374.98 $22.59 – $712.45
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $374.98 $22.59 – $689.95
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $374.98 $22.59 – $689.95
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $374.98 $22.59 – $719.95

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