Inf thrc fascial pln blk uni w/wo image 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

$1,581.68

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.

$3,163.35

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.

$70.81 with Cigna Healthspring vs $3,005.18 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 $70.81 ↓ -96%
Humana Medicare Advantage $72.23 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $73.29 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $73.49 ↓ -95%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $88.51 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $356.83 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $360.31 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $363.47 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $363.47 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $363.47 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $366.95 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $366.95 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $370.74 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $374.22 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $526.07 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $838.29 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $906.93 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $955.96 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,034.73 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,176.77 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,193.53 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,271.67 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,290.65 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,369.73 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,398.20 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $1,470.96 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $1,489.94 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,581.68 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $1,657.60 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,695.56 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,803.11 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,056.18 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $2,056.18 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $2,068.83 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $2,135.26 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $2,593.95 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $2,688.85 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $2,688.85 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $2,847.02 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $2,847.02 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $3,005.18 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —

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Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,581.68 $70.81 – $3,005.18
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Atrium Health Union Monroe $1,581.68 $70.81 – $3,005.18

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