Compatibility test each unit antiglobulin technique 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

$131.80

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.

$263.60

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.

$29.73 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $250.42 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 $29.73 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $30.02 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $30.29 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $30.29 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $30.29 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $30.58 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $30.58 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $30.89 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $31.18 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $43.84 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $69.85 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $75.57 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $79.66 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $86.22 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $98.06 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $99.46 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $105.97 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $107.55 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $114.14 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $116.51 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $122.57 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $124.16 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $131.80 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $138.13 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $141.29 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $150.25 ↑ +14%
Humana Medicare Advantage $163.97 ↑ +24%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $166.39 ↑ +26%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $168.80 ↑ +28%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $169.30 ↑ +28%
Quik Trip Commercial $171.34 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $171.34 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $172.39 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $177.93 ↑ +35%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $200.95 ↑ +52%
ChoiceCare Commercial $216.15 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $224.06 ↑ +70%
Aetna First Health Commercial $224.06 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $237.24 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $237.24 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $250.42 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Compatibility test each unit antiglobulin technique at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $131.80 $39.43 – $250.42
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $131.80 $50.08 – $263.60
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $131.80 $32.34 – $250.42
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $131.80 $36.90 – $250.42
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $131.80 $57.49 – $242.51
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $131.80 $26.36 – $242.51
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $131.80 $31.63 – $253.06
Atrium Health Union Monroe $131.80 $34.27 – $250.42

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