Collagen dressing <=16 sq in 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

$198.30

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.

$396.60

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.

$29.97 with Humana vs $376.77 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $29.97 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $30.41 ↓ -85%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $30.85 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $30.94 ↓ -84%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $36.73 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $44.74 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $45.17 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $45.57 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $45.57 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $45.57 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $46.01 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $46.01 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $46.48 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $46.92 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $65.95 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $105.10 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $113.71 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $119.85 ↓ -40%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $121.64 ↓ -39%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $129.73 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $147.54 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $159.43 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $161.81 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $171.73 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $175.30 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $184.42 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $186.80 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $198.30 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $207.82 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $212.58 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $226.06 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $257.79 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $257.79 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $259.38 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $267.71 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $325.21 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $337.11 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $337.11 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $356.94 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $356.94 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $376.77 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Collagen dressing <=16 sq in at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $198.30 $29.97 – $376.77
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $198.30 $75.35 – $396.60
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $198.30 $29.97 – $376.77
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $198.30 $29.97 – $376.77
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $198.30 $29.97 – $364.87
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $198.30 $29.97 – $364.87
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $198.30 $29.97 – $380.74
Atrium Health Union Monroe $198.30 $29.97 – $376.77

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