Ecog impltd brn npgt <30 d 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

$85.68

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.

$171.35

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.

$19.33 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $162.78 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 $19.33 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $19.52 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $19.69 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $19.69 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $19.69 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $19.88 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $19.88 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $20.08 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $20.27 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $28.50 ↓ -67%
Humana Medicare Advantage $35.68 ↓ -58%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $36.21 ↓ -58%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $36.73 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $36.84 ↓ -57%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $43.73 ↓ -49%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $45.41 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $49.13 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $51.78 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $56.05 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $63.74 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $64.65 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $68.88 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $69.91 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $74.19 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $75.74 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $79.68 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $80.71 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $85.68 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $89.79 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $91.84 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $97.67 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $111.38 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $111.38 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $112.06 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $115.66 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $140.51 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $145.65 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $145.65 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $154.22 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $154.22 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $162.78 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —

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Ecog impltd brn npgt <30 d at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $85.68 $25.63 – $162.78
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $85.68 $32.56 – $171.35
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $85.68 $21.02 – $162.78
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $85.68 $23.99 – $162.78
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $85.68 $36.18 – $273.87
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $85.68 $17.14 – $157.64
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $85.68 $20.56 – $164.50
Atrium Health Union Monroe $85.68 $22.28 – $162.78

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