Fresh frozen plasma thawing ea un 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

$33.78

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.

$67.55

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.

$7.62 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $200.95 with OrthoCarolina — 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
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $7.62 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $7.69 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $7.76 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $7.76 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $7.76 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $7.84 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $7.84 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $7.92 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $7.99 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $11.23 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $17.90 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $19.37 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $20.41 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $22.10 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $25.13 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $25.49 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $27.16 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $27.56 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $29.25 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $29.86 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $31.41 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $31.82 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $33.78 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $35.40 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $36.21 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $38.50 ↑ +14%
GMMI Commercial $43.91 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $43.91 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $44.18 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $45.60 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $55.39 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $57.42 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $57.42 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $60.80 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $60.80 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $64.17 ↑ +90%
Humana Medicare Advantage $163.97 ↑ +385%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $166.39 ↑ +393%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $168.80 ↑ +400%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $169.30 ↑ +401%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $200.95 ↑ +495%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Fresh frozen plasma thawing ea un at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $33.78 $10.11 – $171.13
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $33.78 $12.83 – $67.55
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $33.78 $8.29 – $203.73
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $33.78 $9.46 – $168.96
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $33.78 $13.50 – $203.73
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $33.78 $6.76 – $203.73
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $33.78 $8.11 – $171.13
Atrium Health Union Monroe $33.78 $8.78 – $203.73

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