Exc im tumor/shoulder area 5cm/> 23073 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

$5,738.25

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.

$11,476.50

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.

$411.16 with Trillium vs $10,902.68 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 $411.16 ↓ -93%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $415.27 ↓ -93%
Partners Managed Medicaid $415.27 ↓ -93%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $415.27 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $415.27 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $415.27 ↓ -93%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $415.27 ↓ -93%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $415.27 ↓ -93%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $419.38 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $642.43 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare Advantage $655.28 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $664.92 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $666.75 ↓ -88%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $803.04 ↓ -86%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,307.17 ↓ -77%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $3,041.27 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $3,290.31 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $3,468.20 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $3,753.96 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $4,269.26 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,330.08 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $4,613.55 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $4,682.41 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $4,969.32 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $5,072.61 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $5,336.57 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $5,405.43 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $5,738.25 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $6,013.69 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $6,151.40 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $6,541.61 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $7,459.73 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $7,459.73 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $7,505.63 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $7,746.64 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $9,410.73 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $9,755.03 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $9,755.03 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $10,328.85 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $10,328.85 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $10,902.68 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Exc im tumor/shoulder area 5cm/> 23073 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $5,738.25 $411.16 – $10,902.68
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $5,738.25 $415.27 – $10,099.32
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $5,738.25 $411.16 – $10,902.68
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $5,738.25 $411.16 – $10,902.68
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $5,738.25 $411.16 – $10,558.38
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $5,738.25 $411.16 – $10,558.38
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $5,738.25 $411.16 – $11,017.44
Atrium Health Union Monroe $5,738.25 $411.16 – $10,902.68

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