Biopsy vaginal mucosa xtnsv 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

$742.03

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.

$1,484.05

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.

$93.89 with Trillium vs $1,409.85 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 $93.89 ↓ -87%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $94.83 ↓ -87%
Partners Managed Medicaid $94.83 ↓ -87%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $94.83 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $94.83 ↓ -87%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $94.83 ↓ -87%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $94.83 ↓ -87%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $94.83 ↓ -87%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $95.77 ↓ -87%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $134.19 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage $136.87 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $138.89 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $139.27 ↓ -81%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $167.74 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $169.03 ↓ -77%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $342.23 ↓ -54%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $393.27 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $425.48 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $448.48 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $485.43 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $552.07 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $559.93 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $596.59 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $605.49 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $642.59 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $655.95 ↓ -12%
MedCost Ultra $698.99 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $742.03 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $777.64 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $795.45 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $845.91 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $964.63 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $964.63 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $970.57 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,001.73 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,216.92 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,261.44 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $1,261.44 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,335.65 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,335.65 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,409.85 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Biopsy vaginal mucosa xtnsv at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $742.03 $93.89 – $1,409.85
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $742.03 $94.83 – $1,305.96
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $742.03 $93.89 – $1,409.85
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $742.03 $93.89 – $1,409.85
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $742.03 $93.89 – $1,365.33
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $742.03 $93.89 – $1,365.33
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $742.03 $93.89 – $1,424.69
Atrium Health Union Monroe $742.03 $93.89 – $1,409.85

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