Exc prtl bn phlnx toe 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

$2,134.33

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.

$4,268.65

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.

$256.18 with Trillium vs $4,055.22 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 $256.18 ↓ -88%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $258.74 ↓ -88%
Partners Managed Medicaid $258.74 ↓ -88%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $258.74 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $258.74 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $258.74 ↓ -88%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $258.74 ↓ -88%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $258.74 ↓ -88%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $261.30 ↓ -88%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $315.23 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare Advantage $321.53 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $326.26 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $327.16 ↓ -85%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $394.04 ↓ -82%
Alliance Behavioral Health $486.20 ↓ -77%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,131.19 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,223.82 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,289.99 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,378.77 ↓ -35%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,396.28 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,587.94 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,610.56 ↓ -25%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,741.61 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,848.33 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,886.74 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $1,984.92 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $2,010.53 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,134.33 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $2,236.77 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,288.00 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,433.13 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,774.62 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $2,774.62 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $2,791.70 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $2,881.34 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $3,500.29 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,628.35 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $3,628.35 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $3,841.79 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $3,841.79 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $4,055.22 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Exc prtl bn phlnx toe at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,134.33 $256.18 – $4,055.22
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,134.33 $258.74 – $3,756.41
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,134.33 $256.18 – $4,055.22
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,134.33 $256.18 – $4,055.22
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,134.33 $75.38 – $3,927.16
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,134.33 $256.18 – $3,927.16
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $2,134.33 $256.18 – $4,097.90
Atrium Health Union Monroe $2,134.33 $256.18 – $4,055.22

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