Cltx mndblr fx w/mnpj 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

$863.83

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.

$1,727.65

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.

$194.88 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $1,641.27 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 $194.88 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $196.78 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $198.51 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $198.51 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $198.51 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $200.41 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $200.41 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $202.48 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $204.38 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $287.31 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $457.83 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $495.32 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $522.10 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $558.03 ↓ -35%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $565.11 ↓ -35%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $586.46 ↓ -32%
Humana Medicare Advantage $598.19 ↓ -31%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $606.99 ↓ -30%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $608.66 ↓ -30%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $642.69 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $651.84 ↓ -25%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $704.88 ↓ -18%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $733.08 ↓ -15%
Cigna Commercial NB $748.07 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $763.62 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $803.36 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $813.72 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $863.83 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $905.29 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $926.02 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $984.76 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,122.97 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $1,122.97 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $1,129.88 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,166.16 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,416.67 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,468.50 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $1,468.50 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,554.89 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,554.89 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,641.27 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Cltx mndblr fx w/mnpj at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $863.83 $258.46 – $1,641.27
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $863.83 $323.07 – $1,520.33
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $863.83 $211.98 – $1,641.27
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $863.83 $241.87 – $1,641.27
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $863.83 $75.38 – $1,589.44
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $863.83 $172.77 – $1,589.44
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $863.83 $207.32 – $1,658.54
Atrium Health Union Monroe $863.83 $224.59 – $1,641.27

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