Eeg phys/qhp 2-12 hr w/veeg 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

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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.

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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.

$113.59 with Trillium vs $400.72 with Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina — 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 $113.59
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $114.73
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $114.73
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $114.73
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $114.73
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $114.73
Vaya Managed Medicaid $114.73
Partners Managed Medicaid $114.73
Alliance Managed Medicaid $115.86
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $123.12
Humana Medicare Advantage $125.58
Aetna Medicare Advantage $127.43
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $127.78
OrthoCarolina Commercial $153.90
Ambetter Individual Commercial $227.05
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $260.94
Aetna Broad Network $287.91
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $304.55
ChoiceCare Commercial $321.81
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $321.81
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $331.72
MedCost PPO $341.99
MedCost Ultra $341.99
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $400.72

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Eeg phys/qhp 2-12 hr w/veeg at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro not published $113.59 – $341.99
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte not published $114.73 – $341.99
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord not published $113.59 – $341.99
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby not published $113.59 – $341.99
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte not published $113.59 – $341.99
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte not published $113.59 – $341.99
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle not published $113.59 – $400.72
Atrium Health Union Monroe not published $113.59 – $341.99

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