Brace ank air stirrup univ 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

$9.84

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.

$19.68

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.

$1.56 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $148.08 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 $1.56 ↓ -84%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1.57 ↓ -84%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $1.59 ↓ -84%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $1.59 ↓ -84%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $1.59 ↓ -84%
Partners Managed Medicaid $1.60 ↓ -84%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $1.60 ↓ -84%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $1.62 ↓ -84%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $1.63 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $2.29 ↓ -77%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $3.66 ↓ -63%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $3.96 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $4.17 ↓ -58%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $4.51 ↓ -54%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $5.13 ↓ -48%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $5.21 ↓ -47%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $5.55 ↓ -44%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $5.63 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial NB $5.98 ↓ -39%
Employers Health Network Commercial $6.10 ↓ -38%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $6.42 ↓ -35%
MedCost Ultra $6.50 ↓ -34%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $6.90 ↓ -30%
Aetna Broad Network $7.23 ↓ -27%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $7.40 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $7.87 ↓ -20%
GMMI Commercial $8.97 ↓ -9%
Quik Trip Commercial $8.97 ↓ -9%
MedCost PPO $9.03 ↓ -8%
Cigna Commercial SAR $9.32 ↓ -5%
ChoiceCare Commercial $11.32 ↑ +15%
Aetna First Health Commercial $11.73 ↑ +19%
First Health Commercial $11.73 ↑ +19%
Beechstreet Commercial $12.42 ↑ +26%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $12.42 ↑ +26%
Multiplan Commercial $13.11 ↑ +33%
Humana Medicare Advantage $120.83 ↑ +1128%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $122.61 ↑ +1146%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $124.38 ↑ +1164%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $124.75 ↑ +1168%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $148.08 ↑ +1405%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Brace ank air stirrup univ at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $9.84 $2.06 – $124.38
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $9.84 $2.62 – $13.80
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $9.84 $1.69 – $148.08
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $9.84 $1.93 – $140.98
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $9.84 $2.48 – $148.08
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $9.84 $1.38 – $148.08
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $9.84 $1.66 – $140.98
Atrium Health Union Monroe $9.84 $1.79 – $148.08

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