Brace ank aftr bioskn med lg 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

$63.00

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.

$126.00

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.

$3.99 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $193.53 with OrthoCarolina — 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 $3.99 ↓ -94%
Alliance Behavioral Health $4.03 ↓ -94%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $4.07 ↓ -94%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $4.07 ↓ -94%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $4.07 ↓ -94%
Partners Managed Medicaid $4.11 ↓ -93%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $4.11 ↓ -93%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $4.15 ↓ -93%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $4.19 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $5.89 ↓ -91%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $9.38 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $10.15 ↓ -84%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $10.70 ↓ -83%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $11.58 ↓ -82%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $13.17 ↓ -79%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $13.36 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $14.23 ↓ -77%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $14.45 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial NB $15.33 ↓ -76%
Employers Health Network Commercial $15.65 ↓ -75%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $16.47 ↓ -74%
MedCost Ultra $16.68 ↓ -74%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $17.71 ↓ -72%
Aetna Broad Network $18.55 ↓ -71%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $18.98 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $20.18 ↓ -68%
GMMI Commercial $23.02 ↓ -63%
Quik Trip Commercial $23.02 ↓ -63%
MedCost PPO $23.16 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial SAR $23.90 ↓ -62%
ChoiceCare Commercial $29.04 ↓ -54%
Aetna First Health Commercial $30.10 ↓ -52%
First Health Commercial $30.10 ↓ -52%
Beechstreet Commercial $31.87 ↓ -49%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $31.87 ↓ -49%
Multiplan Commercial $33.64 ↓ -47%
Humana Medicare Advantage $157.92 ↑ +151%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $160.24 ↑ +154%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $162.56 ↑ +158%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $163.04 ↑ +159%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $193.53 ↑ +207%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Brace ank aftr bioskn med lg at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $63.00 $5.30 – $162.56
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $63.00 $6.73 – $35.41
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $63.00 $4.34 – $193.53
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $63.00 $4.96 – $189.68
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $63.00 $6.36 – $193.53
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $63.00 $3.54 – $193.53
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $63.00 $4.25 – $189.68
Atrium Health Union Monroe $63.00 $4.60 – $193.53

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