Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 7.5 cm - 12042 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

$454.65

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.

$909.30

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.

$102.57 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $863.84 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
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $102.57 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $103.57 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $104.48 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $104.48 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $104.48 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $105.48 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $105.48 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $106.57 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $107.57 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $144.12 ↓ -68%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $180.91 ↓ -60%
Humana Medicare Advantage $184.53 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $187.24 ↓ -59%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $187.76 ↓ -59%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $226.14 ↓ -50%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $240.96 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $260.70 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $274.79 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $293.70 ↓ -35%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $297.43 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $338.26 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $343.08 ↓ -25%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $370.99 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $393.73 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $401.91 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $422.82 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $428.28 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $454.65 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $476.47 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $487.38 ↑ +7%
MedCost PPO $504.70 ↑ +11%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $518.30 ↑ +14%
GMMI Commercial $591.05 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $591.05 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $613.78 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $745.63 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $772.91 ↑ +70%
Aetna First Health Commercial $772.91 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $818.37 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $818.37 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $863.84 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Ghs layer closure 2.6 - 7.5 cm - 12042 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $454.65 $136.03 – $863.84
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $454.65 $144.12 – $800.18
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $454.65 $111.57 – $863.84
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $454.65 $127.30 – $863.84
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $454.65 $75.38 – $836.56
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $454.65 $90.93 – $836.56
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $454.65 $109.12 – $872.93
Atrium Health Union Monroe $454.65 $118.21 – $863.84

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