Asp core fat pad 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

$3,567.08

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.

$7,134.15

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.

$190.14 with Humana vs $6,777.44 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $190.14 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $192.93 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $195.73 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $196.31 ↓ -94%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $233.01 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $804.73 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $812.58 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $819.71 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $819.71 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $819.71 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $827.56 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $827.56 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $836.12 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $843.97 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $1,186.41 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,890.55 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,045.36 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2,155.94 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2,333.58 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,653.90 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,691.71 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,867.93 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,910.73 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $3,089.09 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $3,153.29 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $3,317.38 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $3,360.18 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $3,567.08 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $3,738.29 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,823.90 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,066.47 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $4,637.20 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $4,637.20 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $4,665.73 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $4,815.55 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $5,850.00 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $6,064.03 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $6,064.03 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $6,420.74 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $6,420.74 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $6,777.44 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Asp core fat pad at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $3,567.08 $192.76 – $6,777.44
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $3,567.08 $1,355.49 – $7,134.15
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $3,567.08 $192.76 – $6,777.44
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $3,567.08 $190.32 – $6,777.44
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $3,567.08 $192.76 – $6,563.42
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $3,567.08 $192.76 – $6,563.42
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $3,567.08 $192.76 – $6,848.78
Atrium Health Union Monroe $3,567.08 $192.76 – $6,777.44

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