Brace ankle stablizing 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

$39.00

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.

$78.00

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.

$8.80 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $115.68 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 $8.80 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $8.88 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $8.96 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $8.96 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $8.96 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $9.05 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $9.05 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $9.14 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $9.23 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $12.97 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $20.67 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $22.36 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $23.57 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $25.51 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $29.02 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $29.43 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $31.36 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $31.82 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $33.77 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $34.48 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $36.27 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $36.74 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $39.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $40.87 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $41.81 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $44.46 ↑ +14%
GMMI Commercial $50.70 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $50.70 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $51.01 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $52.65 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $59.54 ↑ +53%
Aetna First Health Commercial $66.30 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $66.30 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $70.20 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $70.20 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $74.10 ↑ +90%
Humana Medicare Advantage $94.39 ↑ +142%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $95.78 ↑ +146%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $97.17 ↑ +149%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $97.45 ↑ +150%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $115.68 ↑ +197%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Brace ankle stablizing lg at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $39.00 $11.67 – $97.17
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $39.00 $14.82 – $78.00
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $39.00 $9.57 – $115.68
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $39.00 $10.92 – $125.91
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $39.00 $14.02 – $115.68
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $39.00 $7.80 – $115.68
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $39.00 $9.36 – $125.91
Atrium Health Union Monroe $39.00 $10.14 – $115.68

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