Ghs ed rmvl or bivalving cast 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

$200.48

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.

$400.95

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.

$26.34 with Trillium vs $352.69 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 $26.34 ↓ -87%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $26.60 ↓ -87%
Partners Managed Medicaid $26.60 ↓ -87%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $26.60 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $26.60 ↓ -87%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $26.60 ↓ -87%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $26.60 ↓ -87%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $26.60 ↓ -87%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $26.87 ↓ -87%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $30.47 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare Advantage $31.08 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $31.54 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $31.62 ↓ -84%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $38.09 ↓ -81%
Alliance Behavioral Health $42.29 ↓ -79%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $98.38 ↓ -51%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $106.44 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $112.19 ↓ -44%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $121.44 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $129.51 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $138.11 ↓ -31%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $140.07 ↓ -30%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $151.47 ↓ -24%
Cigna Commercial NB $160.75 ↓ -20%
Employers Health Network Commercial $164.09 ↓ -18%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $172.63 ↓ -14%
MedCost Ultra $174.86 ↓ -13%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $185.63 ↓ -7%
Aetna Broad Network $194.54 ↓ -3%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $198.99 ↓ -1%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $211.61 ↑ +6%
Quik Trip Commercial $241.31 ↑ +20%
GMMI Commercial $241.31 ↑ +20%
MedCost PPO $242.80 ↑ +21%
Cigna Commercial SAR $250.59 ↑ +25%
ChoiceCare Commercial $304.43 ↑ +52%
Aetna First Health Commercial $315.56 ↑ +57%
First Health Commercial $315.56 ↑ +57%
Beechstreet Commercial $334.13 ↑ +67%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $334.13 ↑ +67%
Multiplan Commercial $352.69 ↑ +76%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Ghs ed rmvl or bivalving cast at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $200.48 $26.34 – $352.69
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $200.48 $26.60 – $326.70
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $200.48 $26.34 – $352.69
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $200.48 $26.34 – $352.69
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $200.48 $26.34 – $341.55
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $200.48 $26.34 – $341.55
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $200.48 $26.34 – $356.40
Atrium Health Union Monroe $200.48 $26.34 – $352.69

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