Application of forearm cast 29075 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

$425.55

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.

$851.10

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.

$44.52 with Trillium vs $748.65 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 $44.52 ↓ -90%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $44.97 ↓ -89%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $44.97 ↓ -89%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $44.97 ↓ -89%
Partners Managed Medicaid $44.97 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $44.97 ↓ -89%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $44.97 ↓ -89%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $44.97 ↓ -89%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $45.41 ↓ -89%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $58.30 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare Advantage $59.47 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $60.34 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $60.51 ↓ -86%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $72.88 ↓ -83%
Alliance Behavioral Health $89.76 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $141.29 ↓ -67%
ChoiceCare Commercial $141.29 ↓ -67%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $162.01 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $175.93 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $197.77 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $208.83 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $225.93 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $257.77 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $274.91 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $293.15 ↓ -31%
Cigna Commercial NB $341.23 ↓ -20%
Employers Health Network Commercial $348.32 ↓ -18%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $366.44 ↓ -14%
MedCost Ultra $371.17 ↓ -13%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $394.03 ↓ -7%
Aetna Broad Network $412.94 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $422.39 ↓ -1%
Quik Trip Commercial $512.23 ↑ +20%
GMMI Commercial $512.23 ↑ +20%
MedCost PPO $515.38 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial SAR $531.93 ↑ +25%
First Health Commercial $669.84 ↑ +57%
Aetna First Health Commercial $669.84 ↑ +57%
Beechstreet Commercial $709.25 ↑ +67%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $709.25 ↑ +67%
Multiplan Commercial $748.65 ↑ +76%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Application of forearm cast 29075 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $425.55 $44.52 – $748.65
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $425.55 $44.97 – $693.48
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $425.55 $44.52 – $748.65
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Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $425.55 $44.52 – $725.01
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $425.55 $44.52 – $756.53
Atrium Health Union Monroe $425.55 $44.52 – $748.65

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