Ghs simple repair 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12004 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

$399.20

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.

$798.40

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.

$66.68 with Cigna Healthspring vs $758.48 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $66.68 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare Advantage $68.01 ↓ -83%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $69.01 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $69.20 ↓ -83%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $83.35 ↓ -79%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $90.06 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $90.94 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $91.74 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $91.74 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $91.74 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $92.61 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $92.61 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $93.57 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $94.45 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $99.67 ↓ -75%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $126.45 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $198.46 ↓ -50%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $211.58 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $228.90 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $241.28 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $257.88 ↓ -35%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $261.16 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $301.24 ↓ -25%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $325.75 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $345.71 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $352.89 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $371.26 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $376.05 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $399.20 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $418.36 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $427.94 ↑ +7%
Quik Trip Commercial $518.96 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $518.96 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $522.15 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $538.92 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $654.69 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $678.64 ↑ +70%
Aetna First Health Commercial $678.64 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $718.56 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $718.56 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $758.48 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Ghs simple repair 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12004 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $399.20 $66.68 – $758.48
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $399.20 $66.68 – $702.59
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $399.20 $66.68 – $758.48
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $399.20 $66.68 – $758.48
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $399.20 $66.68 – $734.53
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $399.20 $66.68 – $734.53
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $399.20 $66.68 – $766.46
Atrium Health Union Monroe $399.20 $66.68 – $758.48

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