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Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery 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

$3,503.75

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.

$7,007.50

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.

$296.90 with Trillium vs $6,657.13 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 $296.90 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $299.87 ↓ -91%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $299.87 ↓ -91%
Partners Managed Medicaid $299.87 ↓ -91%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $299.87 ↓ -91%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $299.87 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $299.87 ↓ -91%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $299.87 ↓ -91%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $302.84 ↓ -91%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $407.60 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage $415.75 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $421.87 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $423.03 ↓ -88%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $509.50 ↓ -85%
Alliance Behavioral Health $798.15 ↓ -77%
Aetna Broad Network $935.71 ↓ -73%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,856.99 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,009.05 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2,117.67 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2,292.15 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,606.79 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,643.93 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,817.02 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,859.06 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $3,034.25 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $3,097.32 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $3,258.49 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $3,300.53 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $3,503.75 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,756.02 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,994.28 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $4,554.88 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $4,554.88 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $4,582.91 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $4,730.06 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $5,746.15 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $5,956.38 ↑ +70%
Aetna First Health Commercial $5,956.38 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $6,306.75 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $6,306.75 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $6,657.13 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Carpal Tunnel Release Surgery at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $3,503.75 $296.90 – $6,657.13
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $3,503.75 $299.87 – $6,166.60
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $3,503.75 $296.90 – $6,657.13
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $3,503.75 $296.90 – $6,657.13
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $3,503.75 $296.90 – $6,446.90
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $3,503.75 $296.90 – $6,446.90
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $3,503.75 $296.90 – $6,727.20
Atrium Health Union Monroe $3,503.75 $296.90 – $6,657.13

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