Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe cns pathogen 12-25 targets 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

$448.95

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.

$897.90

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.

$101.28 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $853.01 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
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $101.28 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $102.27 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $103.17 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $103.17 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $103.17 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $104.16 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $104.16 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $105.23 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $106.22 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $149.32 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $237.94 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $257.43 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $271.35 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $293.70 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $334.02 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $338.78 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $360.96 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $366.34 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $388.79 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $396.87 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $417.52 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $422.91 ↓ -6%
Humana Medicare Advantage $425.12 ↓ -5%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $431.37 ↓ -4%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $437.62 ↓ -3%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $438.91 ↓ -2%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $448.95 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $470.50 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $481.27 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $511.80 ↑ +14%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $520.98 ↑ +16%
Quik Trip Commercial $583.64 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $583.64 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $587.23 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $606.08 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $736.28 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $763.22 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $763.22 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $808.11 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $808.11 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $853.01 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Infectious agent nucleic acid amplified probe cns pathogen 12-25 targets at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $448.95 $134.33 – $853.01
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $448.95 $170.60 – $790.15
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $448.95 $110.17 – $853.01
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $448.95 $125.71 – $853.01
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $448.95 $195.83 – $826.07
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $448.95 $89.79 – $826.07
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $448.95 $107.75 – $861.98
Atrium Health Union Monroe $448.95 $116.73 – $853.01

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