Bx muscle 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

$2,808.43

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.

$5,616.85

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.

$69.00 with Trillium vs $5,336.01 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 $69.00 ↓ -98%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $69.69 ↓ -98%
Partners Managed Medicaid $69.69 ↓ -98%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $69.69 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $69.69 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $69.69 ↓ -98%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $69.69 ↓ -98%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $69.69 ↓ -98%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $70.38 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $87.15 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $88.89 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $90.20 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $90.45 ↓ -97%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $108.94 ↓ -96%
Alliance Behavioral Health $639.76 ↓ -77%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,488.47 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,610.35 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,697.41 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,837.27 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,089.47 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,119.24 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,257.97 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,291.67 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,432.10 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,482.65 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $2,611.84 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $2,645.54 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,808.43 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $2,943.23 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,010.63 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,201.60 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,650.95 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $3,650.95 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $3,673.42 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,791.37 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $4,605.82 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $4,774.32 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $4,774.32 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $5,055.17 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $5,055.17 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $5,336.01 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Bx muscle at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,808.43 $69.00 – $5,336.01
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,808.43 $69.69 – $4,942.83
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,808.43 $69.00 – $5,336.01
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Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,808.43 $69.00 – $5,167.50
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,808.43 $69.00 – $5,167.50
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $2,808.43 $69.00 – $5,392.18
Atrium Health Union Monroe $2,808.43 $69.00 – $5,336.01

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