Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at Atrium Health Lincoln

433 McAlister Rd, Lincolnton, NC · Atrium Health · · NPI 1730055054

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Dec 1, 2025 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$1,012.83

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.

$2,025.65

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.

$39.71 with Trillium vs $1,924.37 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 $39.71 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $40.11 ↓ -96%
Partners Managed Medicaid $40.11 ↓ -96%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $40.11 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $40.11 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $40.11 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $40.11 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $40.11 ↓ -96%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $40.50 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $66.75 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Advantage $68.09 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $69.09 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $69.28 ↓ -93%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $83.44 ↓ -92%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $125.97 ↓ -88%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $177.27 ↓ -82%
Alliance Behavioral Health $230.72 ↓ -77%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $536.80 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $580.75 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $612.15 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $654.28 ↓ -35%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $662.59 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $826.47 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $877.11 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $895.34 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $941.93 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $954.08 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,012.83 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $1,061.44 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,085.75 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,154.62 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,316.67 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $1,316.67 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $1,324.78 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,367.31 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,661.03 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,721.80 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $1,721.80 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,823.09 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,823.09 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,924.37 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Abd paracentesis/w/o image guide 49082 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,012.83 $39.71 – $1,924.37
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,012.83 $40.11 – $1,782.57
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,012.83 $39.71 – $1,924.37
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,012.83 $39.71 – $1,924.37
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,012.83 $39.71 – $1,863.60
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,012.83 $39.71 – $1,863.60
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $1,012.83 $39.71 – $1,944.62
Atrium Health Union Monroe $1,012.83 $39.71 – $1,924.37

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