Bronch w/debrdmt subgltc & uppr trach 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

$175.50

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.

$351.00

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.

$39.59 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $333.45 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 $39.59 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $39.98 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $40.33 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $40.33 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $40.33 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $40.72 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $40.72 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $41.14 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $41.52 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $58.37 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $93.02 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $100.63 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $106.07 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $114.81 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $130.57 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $132.43 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $141.10 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $143.21 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $151.98 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $155.14 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $163.22 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $165.32 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $175.50 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $183.92 ↑ +5%
Humana Medicare Advantage $185.77 ↑ +6%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $188.14 ↑ +7%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $188.51 ↑ +7%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $191.24 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $191.80 ↑ +9%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $200.07 ↑ +14%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $227.66 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $228.15 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $228.15 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $229.55 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $236.93 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $287.82 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $298.35 ↑ +70%
Aetna First Health Commercial $298.35 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $315.90 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $315.90 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $333.45 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Bronch w/debrdmt subgltc & uppr trach at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $175.50 $52.51 – $333.45
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $175.50 $66.69 – $351.00
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $175.50 $43.07 – $333.45
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $175.50 $49.14 – $333.45
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $175.50 $52.77 – $322.92
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $175.50 $35.10 – $322.92
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $175.50 $42.12 – $336.96
Atrium Health Union Monroe $175.50 $45.63 – $333.45

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