Ghs tracheostomy emergency - transtracheal 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

$2,435.78

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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.

$4,871.55

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.

$172.53 with Trillium vs $4,627.97 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 $172.53 ↓ -93%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $174.26 ↓ -93%
Partners Managed Medicaid $174.26 ↓ -93%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $174.26 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $174.26 ↓ -93%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $174.26 ↓ -93%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $174.26 ↓ -93%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $174.26 ↓ -93%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $175.98 ↓ -93%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $290.35 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage $296.16 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $300.51 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $301.34 ↓ -88%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $362.94 ↓ -85%
Alliance Behavioral Health $554.87 ↓ -77%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,290.96 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,396.67 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,472.18 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,573.51 ↓ -35%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,593.48 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,812.22 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,838.04 ↓ -25%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,987.59 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $2,109.38 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $2,153.23 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $2,265.27 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $2,294.50 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,435.78 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $2,552.69 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,611.15 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,776.78 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $3,166.51 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $3,166.51 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $3,185.99 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,288.30 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $3,994.67 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $4,140.82 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $4,140.82 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $4,384.40 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $4,384.40 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $4,627.97 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Ghs tracheostomy emergency - transtracheal at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,435.78 $172.53 – $4,627.97
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,435.78 $174.26 – $4,286.96
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,435.78 $172.53 – $4,627.97
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,435.78 $172.53 – $4,627.97
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,435.78 $75.38 – $4,481.83
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,435.78 $172.53 – $4,481.83
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $2,435.78 $172.53 – $4,676.69
Atrium Health Union Monroe $2,435.78 $172.53 – $4,627.97

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