Fine needle aspiration biopsy without img gdn; ea addtl 10004 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

$416.40

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.

$832.80

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.

$36.98 with Trillium vs $791.16 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 $36.98 ↓ -91%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $37.35 ↓ -91%
Partners Managed Medicaid $37.35 ↓ -91%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $37.35 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $37.35 ↓ -91%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $37.35 ↓ -91%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $37.35 ↓ -91%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $37.35 ↓ -91%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $37.72 ↓ -91%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $39.76 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare Advantage $40.56 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $41.15 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $41.26 ↓ -90%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $49.70 ↓ -88%
Alliance Behavioral Health $94.86 ↓ -77%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $220.69 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $238.76 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $251.67 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $268.99 ↓ -35%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $272.41 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $309.80 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $314.22 ↓ -25%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $339.78 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $360.60 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $368.10 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $387.25 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $392.25 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $416.40 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $436.39 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $446.38 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $474.70 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $541.32 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $541.32 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $544.65 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $562.14 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $682.90 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $707.88 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $707.88 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $749.52 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $749.52 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $791.16 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Fine needle aspiration biopsy without img gdn; ea addtl 10004 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $416.40 $36.98 – $791.16
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $416.40 $37.35 – $732.86
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $416.40 $36.98 – $791.16
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $416.40 $36.98 – $791.16
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $416.40 $36.98 – $766.18
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $416.40 $36.98 – $766.18
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $416.40 $36.98 – $799.49
Atrium Health Union Monroe $416.40 $36.98 – $791.16

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