Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12034 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

$410.25

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.

$820.50

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.

$92.55 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $779.48 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 $92.55 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $93.45 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $94.28 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $94.28 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $94.28 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $95.18 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $95.18 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $96.16 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $97.07 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $136.45 ↓ -67%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $189.22 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare Advantage $193.00 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $195.84 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $196.38 ↓ -52%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $217.43 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $235.24 ↓ -43%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $236.53 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $247.96 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $265.02 ↓ -35%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $268.39 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $305.23 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $309.57 ↓ -25%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $334.76 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $355.28 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $362.66 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $381.53 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $386.46 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $410.25 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $429.94 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $439.79 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $467.69 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $533.33 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $533.33 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $536.61 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $553.84 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $672.81 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $697.43 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $697.43 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $738.45 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $738.45 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $779.48 ↑ +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 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12034 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $410.25 $122.75 – $779.48
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $410.25 $148.06 – $722.04
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $410.25 $100.68 – $779.48
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $410.25 $114.87 – $779.48
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $410.25 $75.38 – $754.86
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $410.25 $82.05 – $754.86
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $410.25 $98.46 – $787.68
Atrium Health Union Monroe $410.25 $106.67 – $779.48

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