Colposcopy/cervix/bx vagina/cervix 57421 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

$618.90

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.

$1,237.80

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.

$94.38 with Trillium vs $1,175.91 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 $94.38 ↓ -85%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $95.32 ↓ -85%
Partners Managed Medicaid $95.32 ↓ -85%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $95.32 ↓ -85%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $95.32 ↓ -85%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $95.32 ↓ -85%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $95.32 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $95.32 ↓ -85%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $96.27 ↓ -84%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $111.90 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage $114.14 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $115.82 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $116.14 ↓ -81%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $139.88 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $140.99 ↓ -77%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $209.05 ↓ -66%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $233.93 ↓ -62%
ChoiceCare Commercial $233.93 ↓ -62%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $291.27 ↓ -53%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $328.02 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $354.88 ↓ -43%
Aetna Broad Network $376.64 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $401.14 ↓ -35%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $404.88 ↓ -35%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $497.60 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $505.02 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $535.97 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $547.11 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $575.58 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $583.00 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $618.90 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $663.46 ↑ +7%
Quik Trip Commercial $804.57 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $804.57 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $809.52 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $835.52 ↑ +35%
First Health Commercial $1,052.13 ↑ +70%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,052.13 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,114.02 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,114.02 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,175.91 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Colposcopy/cervix/bx vagina/cervix 57421 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $618.90 $94.38 – $1,175.91
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $618.90 $95.32 – $1,089.26
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $618.90 $94.38 – $1,175.91
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $618.90 $94.38 – $1,175.91
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $618.90 $94.38 – $1,138.78
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $618.90 $94.38 – $1,138.78
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $618.90 $94.38 – $1,188.29
Atrium Health Union Monroe $618.90 $94.38 – $1,175.91

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