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Ghs paravert facet/nerve lumb ea add bil 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

$1,611.33

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.

$3,222.65

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.

$33.27 with Trillium vs $3,061.52 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 $33.27 ↓ -98%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $33.60 ↓ -98%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $33.60 ↓ -98%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $33.60 ↓ -98%
Partners Managed Medicaid $33.60 ↓ -98%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $33.60 ↓ -98%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $33.60 ↓ -98%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $33.60 ↓ -98%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $33.94 ↓ -98%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $47.55 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $48.50 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $49.21 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $49.35 ↓ -97%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $59.44 ↓ -96%
Alliance Behavioral Health $367.06 ↓ -77%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $854.00 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $923.93 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $973.88 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,054.13 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,198.83 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,215.91 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,295.51 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,314.84 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,395.41 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,424.41 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $1,498.53 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $1,517.87 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,611.33 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $1,688.67 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,727.34 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,836.91 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,094.72 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $2,094.72 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $2,107.61 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $2,175.29 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $2,642.57 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,739.25 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $2,739.25 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,900.39 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $2,900.39 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $3,061.52 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Ghs paravert facet/nerve lumb ea add bil at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,611.33 $33.27 – $3,061.52
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,611.33 $33.60 – $2,835.93
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,611.33 $33.27 – $3,061.52
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,611.33 $33.27 – $3,061.52
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,611.33 $33.27 – $2,964.84
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,611.33 $33.27 – $2,964.84
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $1,611.33 $33.27 – $3,093.74
Atrium Health Union Monroe $1,611.33 $33.27 – $3,061.52

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