Implant tcat pulm vlv perq 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

$7,281.10

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.

$14,562.20

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.

$1,112.00 with Trillium vs $13,834.09 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 $1,112.00 ↓ -85%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $1,123.12 ↓ -85%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $1,123.12 ↓ -85%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $1,123.12 ↓ -85%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $1,123.12 ↓ -85%
Partners Managed Medicaid $1,123.12 ↓ -85%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $1,123.12 ↓ -85%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $1,123.12 ↓ -85%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $1,134.24 ↓ -84%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $1,168.99 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,192.37 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,209.90 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,213.24 ↓ -83%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $1,461.23 ↓ -80%
Alliance Behavioral Health $1,658.63 ↓ -77%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $3,858.98 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $4,174.98 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $4,400.70 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $4,763.30 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $5,417.14 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $5,494.32 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $5,854.00 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $5,941.38 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $6,305.43 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $6,436.49 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $6,771.42 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $6,858.80 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $7,039.32 ↓ -3%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $7,281.10 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $7,630.59 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $7,805.34 ↑ +7%
GMMI Commercial $9,465.43 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $9,465.43 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $9,523.68 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $9,829.49 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $11,941.00 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $12,377.87 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $12,377.87 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $13,105.98 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $13,105.98 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $13,834.09 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —

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Implant tcat pulm vlv perq at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $7,281.10 $1,112.00 – $13,834.09
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $7,281.10 $1,123.12 – $12,814.74
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $7,281.10 $1,112.00 – $13,834.09
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $7,281.10 $1,112.00 – $13,834.09
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $7,281.10 $1,112.00 – $13,397.22
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $7,281.10 $1,112.00 – $13,397.22
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $7,281.10 $1,112.00 – $13,979.71
Atrium Health Union Monroe $7,281.10 $1,112.00 – $13,834.09

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