Aspirate/inj ganglion cyst 20612 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

$226.18

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.

$452.35

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.

$32.60 with Trillium vs $429.73 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 $32.60 ↓ -86%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $32.93 ↓ -85%
Partners Managed Medicaid $32.93 ↓ -85%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $32.93 ↓ -85%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $32.93 ↓ -85%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $32.93 ↓ -85%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $32.93 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $32.93 ↓ -85%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $33.25 ↓ -85%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $37.97 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare Advantage $38.73 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $39.30 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $39.41 ↓ -83%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $47.46 ↓ -79%
Alliance Behavioral Health $51.52 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $70.21 ↓ -69%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $102.03 ↓ -55%
ChoiceCare Commercial $102.03 ↓ -55%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $119.87 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $127.05 ↓ -44%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $129.69 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $133.92 ↓ -41%
Aetna Broad Network $134.74 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $146.11 ↓ -35%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $147.96 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $184.56 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $195.87 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $199.94 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $210.34 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $213.06 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $226.18 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $242.46 ↑ +7%
Quik Trip Commercial $294.03 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $294.03 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $295.84 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $305.34 ↑ +35%
First Health Commercial $384.50 ↑ +70%
Aetna First Health Commercial $384.50 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $407.12 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $407.12 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $429.73 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Aspirate/inj ganglion cyst 20612 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $226.18 $32.60 – $429.73
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $226.18 $32.93 – $398.07
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Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $226.18 $32.60 – $434.26
Atrium Health Union Monroe $226.18 $32.60 – $429.73

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