Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection 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

$123.40

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.

$246.80

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.

$6.84 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $57.62 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 $6.84 ↓ -94%
Alliance Behavioral Health $6.91 ↓ -94%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $6.97 ↓ -94%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $6.97 ↓ -94%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $6.97 ↓ -94%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $7.04 ↓ -94%
Partners Managed Medicaid $7.04 ↓ -94%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $7.11 ↓ -94%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $7.17 ↓ -94%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $8.39 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $8.70 ↓ -93%
Aetna Broad Network $8.79 ↓ -93%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $9.82 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $10.09 ↓ -92%
ChoiceCare Commercial $11.94 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $11.94 ↓ -90%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $12.06 ↓ -90%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $12.62 ↓ -90%
MedCost PPO $14.49 ↓ -88%
MedCost Ultra $14.49 ↓ -88%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $16.07 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $17.05 ↓ -86%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $19.84 ↓ -84%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $24.75 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial NB $26.26 ↓ -79%
Employers Health Network Commercial $26.81 ↓ -78%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $30.33 ↓ -75%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $32.51 ↓ -74%
Quik Trip Commercial $39.42 ↓ -68%
GMMI Commercial $39.42 ↓ -68%
Cigna Commercial SAR $40.94 ↓ -67%
First Health Commercial $51.55 ↓ -58%
Aetna First Health Commercial $51.55 ↓ -58%
Beechstreet Commercial $54.59 ↓ -56%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $54.59 ↓ -56%
Multiplan Commercial $57.62 ↓ -53%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Humana Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
OrthoCarolina Commercial not published by hospital
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital

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Betamethasone acetate and sodium phos 6 mg/ml suspension for injection at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $123.40 $8.39 – $57.62
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Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $123.40 $7.28 – $58.22
Atrium Health Union Monroe $123.40 $7.88 – $57.62

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