Artery x-rays adrenals 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

$9,745.08

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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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$19,490.15

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.

$56.71 with Cigna Healthspring vs $18,515.64 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $56.71 ↓ -99%
Humana Medicare Advantage $57.84 ↓ -99%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $58.40 ↓ -99%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $58.69 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $58.86 ↓ -99%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $58.98 ↓ -99%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $58.98 ↓ -99%
Partners Managed Medicaid $58.98 ↓ -99%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $58.98 ↓ -99%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $58.98 ↓ -99%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $58.98 ↓ -99%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $58.98 ↓ -99%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $59.57 ↓ -99%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $70.89 ↓ -99%
Alliance Behavioral Health $2,219.93 ↓ -77%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $5,164.89 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $5,587.83 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $5,889.92 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $6,375.23 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $7,250.34 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $7,353.63 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $7,835.04 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $7,951.98 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $8,439.23 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $8,614.65 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $9,062.92 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $9,179.86 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $9,745.08 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $10,212.84 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $10,446.72 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $11,109.39 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $12,668.60 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $12,668.60 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $12,746.56 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $13,155.85 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $15,981.92 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $16,566.63 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $16,566.63 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $17,541.14 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $17,541.14 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $18,515.64 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Artery x-rays adrenals at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $9,745.08 $56.71 – $18,515.64
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $9,745.08 $56.71 – $17,151.33
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $9,745.08 $56.71 – $18,515.64
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $9,745.08 $56.71 – $18,515.64
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $9,745.08 $56.71 – $17,930.94
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $9,745.08 $56.71 – $17,930.94
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $9,745.08 $56.71 – $18,710.54
Atrium Health Union Monroe $9,745.08 $56.71 – $18,515.64

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