Anal/urinary muscle study 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

$128.83

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.

$257.65

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.

$29.06 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $244.77 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
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $29.06 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $29.35 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $29.60 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $29.60 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $29.60 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $29.89 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $29.89 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $30.20 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $30.48 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $42.85 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $68.28 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $73.87 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $77.86 ↓ -40%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $82.41 ↓ -36%
Humana Medicare Advantage $84.06 ↓ -35%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $84.28 ↓ -35%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $85.29 ↓ -34%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $85.53 ↓ -34%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $95.85 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $97.21 ↓ -25%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $103.01 ↓ -20%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $103.58 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $105.12 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $111.56 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $113.88 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $119.81 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $121.35 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $128.83 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $135.01 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $138.10 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $146.86 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $167.47 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $167.47 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $168.50 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $173.91 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $211.27 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $219.00 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $219.00 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $231.89 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $231.89 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $244.77 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Anal/urinary muscle study at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $128.83 $38.54 – $244.77
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $128.83 $48.95 – $226.73
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $128.83 $31.61 – $244.77
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $128.83 $36.07 – $244.77
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $128.83 $46.30 – $237.04
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $128.83 $25.77 – $237.04
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $128.83 $30.92 – $247.34
Atrium Health Union Monroe $128.83 $33.49 – $244.77

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