Diphenhydramine 50 mg/ml injection (wrapper) 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

$34.50

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.

$69.00

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.

$1.33 with United Healthcare vs $19.57 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
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1.33 ↓ -96%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1.54 ↓ -96%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $1.69 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1.70 ↓ -95%
Aetna Broad Network $1.77 ↓ -95%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2.07 ↓ -94%
ChoiceCare Commercial $2.07 ↓ -94%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2.19 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $2.32 ↓ -93%
Alliance Behavioral Health $2.35 ↓ -93%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $2.37 ↓ -93%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $2.37 ↓ -93%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $2.37 ↓ -93%
Partners Managed Medicaid $2.39 ↓ -93%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $2.39 ↓ -93%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $2.41 ↓ -93%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $2.44 ↓ -93%
MedCost PPO $2.52 ↓ -93%
MedCost Ultra $2.52 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2.60 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $3.43 ↓ -90%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $5.46 ↓ -84%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $6.74 ↓ -80%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $8.40 ↓ -76%
Cigna Commercial NB $8.92 ↓ -74%
Employers Health Network Commercial $9.11 ↓ -74%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $10.30 ↓ -70%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $11.04 ↓ -68%
Quik Trip Commercial $13.39 ↓ -61%
GMMI Commercial $13.39 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial SAR $13.91 ↓ -60%
Aetna First Health Commercial $17.51 ↓ -49%
First Health Commercial $17.51 ↓ -49%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $18.54 ↓ -46%
Beechstreet Commercial $18.54 ↓ -46%
Multiplan Commercial $19.57 ↓ -43%
Humana Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage not published by hospital
OrthoCarolina Commercial not published by hospital

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Diphenhydramine 50 mg/ml injection (wrapper) at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $34.50 $1.33 – $19.57
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $34.50 $2.19 – $20.60
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $34.50 $1.33 – $19.57
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $34.50 $1.33 – $19.57
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $34.50 $0.89 – $18.95
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $34.50 $1.33 – $18.95
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $34.50 $1.33 – $19.78
Atrium Health Union Monroe $34.50 $1.33 – $19.57

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