Cystine urine quantitative 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

$225.75

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.

$451.50

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.

$20.81 with Trillium vs $428.93 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 $20.81 ↓ -91%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $21.02 ↓ -91%
Partners Managed Medicaid $21.02 ↓ -91%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $21.02 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $21.02 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $21.02 ↓ -91%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $21.02 ↓ -91%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $21.02 ↓ -91%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $21.23 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare Advantage $23.44 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $23.78 ↓ -89%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $24.13 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $24.20 ↓ -89%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $28.73 ↓ -87%
Alliance Behavioral Health $51.43 ↓ -77%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $119.65 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $129.45 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $136.44 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $147.69 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $167.96 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $170.35 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $181.50 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $184.21 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $195.50 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $199.56 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $209.95 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $212.66 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $225.75 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $236.59 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $242.00 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $257.36 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $293.48 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $293.48 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $295.28 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $304.76 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $370.23 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $383.78 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $383.78 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $406.35 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $406.35 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $428.93 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $225.75 $20.81 – $428.93
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Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $225.75 $20.81 – $415.38
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $225.75 $20.81 – $433.44
Atrium Health Union Monroe $225.75 $20.81 – $428.93

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