Fluoroscopy up to 1 hour 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

$422.03

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.

$844.05

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.

$7.01 with Trillium vs $801.85 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 $7.01 ↓ -98%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $7.08 ↓ -98%
Partners Managed Medicaid $7.08 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $7.08 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $7.08 ↓ -98%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $7.08 ↓ -98%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $7.08 ↓ -98%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $7.08 ↓ -98%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $7.15 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $13.94 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $14.22 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $14.43 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $14.47 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $14.58 ↓ -97%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $15.41 ↓ -96%
ChoiceCare Commercial $15.41 ↓ -96%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $17.43 ↓ -96%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $19.19 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $21.73 ↓ -95%
Aetna Broad Network $32.51 ↓ -92%
MedCost PPO $39.19 ↓ -91%
MedCost Ultra $39.19 ↓ -91%
Alliance Behavioral Health $96.14 ↓ -77%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $223.67 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $276.09 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $313.99 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $339.31 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $344.37 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $365.47 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $373.07 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $392.48 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $422.03 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $452.41 ↑ +7%
GMMI Commercial $548.63 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $548.63 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $569.73 ↑ +35%
First Health Commercial $717.44 ↑ +70%
Aetna First Health Commercial $717.44 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $759.65 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $759.65 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $801.85 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Fluoroscopy up to 1 hour at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $422.03 $7.01 – $801.85
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $422.03 $7.08 – $742.76
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $422.03 $7.01 – $801.85
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $422.03 $7.01 – $801.85
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $422.03 $7.01 – $776.53
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $422.03 $7.01 – $776.53
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $422.03 $7.01 – $810.29
Atrium Health Union Monroe $422.03 $7.01 – $801.85

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