Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn 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

$163.43

Cash price

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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.

$326.85

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.

$25.22 with Cigna Healthspring vs $310.51 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $25.22 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare Advantage $25.72 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $26.10 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $26.17 ↓ -84%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $31.53 ↓ -81%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $36.87 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $37.23 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $37.56 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $37.56 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $37.56 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $37.91 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $37.91 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $38.31 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $38.67 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $46.32 ↓ -72%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $86.62 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $93.71 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $98.77 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $106.91 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $121.59 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $123.32 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $131.39 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $133.35 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $141.53 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $144.47 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $151.99 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $153.95 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $163.43 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $171.27 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $175.19 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $186.30 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $212.45 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $212.45 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $213.76 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $220.62 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $268.02 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $277.82 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $277.82 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $294.17 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $294.17 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $310.51 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $163.43 $25.22 – $310.51
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $163.43 $25.22 – $287.63
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $163.43 $25.22 – $310.51
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $163.43 $25.22 – $310.51
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $163.43 $25.22 – $300.70
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $163.43 $25.22 – $300.70
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $163.43 $25.22 – $313.78
Atrium Health Union Monroe $163.43 $25.22 – $310.51

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