Interferon alfa-2b inj 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

$2,855.75

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.

$5,711.50

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.

$161.06 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $1,356.46 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 $161.06 ↓ -94%
Alliance Behavioral Health $162.63 ↓ -94%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $164.06 ↓ -94%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $164.06 ↓ -94%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $164.06 ↓ -94%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $165.63 ↓ -94%
Partners Managed Medicaid $165.63 ↓ -94%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $167.34 ↓ -94%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $168.91 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $237.45 ↓ -92%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $378.38 ↓ -87%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $409.36 ↓ -86%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $431.50 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $437.92 ↓ -85%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $467.05 ↓ -84%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $531.16 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $574.00 ↓ -80%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $582.56 ↓ -80%
Cigna Commercial NB $618.26 ↓ -78%
Employers Health Network Commercial $631.11 ↓ -78%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $663.95 ↓ -77%
MedCost Ultra $672.52 ↓ -76%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $713.93 ↓ -75%
Aetna Broad Network $748.19 ↓ -74%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $765.33 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $813.87 ↓ -72%
GMMI Commercial $928.10 ↓ -68%
Quik Trip Commercial $928.10 ↓ -68%
MedCost PPO $933.81 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial SAR $963.80 ↓ -66%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,170.84 ↓ -59%
First Health Commercial $1,213.67 ↓ -58%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,213.67 ↓ -58%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,285.07 ↓ -55%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,285.07 ↓ -55%
Multiplan Commercial $1,356.46 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
OrthoCarolina Commercial not published by hospital —
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —
Humana Medicare Advantage not published by hospital —

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Interferon alfa-2b inj at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,855.75 $213.61 – $1,356.46
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,855.75 $271.29 – $1,427.85
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,855.75 $175.20 – $1,356.46
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,855.75 $199.90 – $1,356.46
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,855.75 $32.87 – $1,313.62
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,855.75 $142.79 – $1,313.62
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $2,855.75 $171.34 – $1,370.74
Atrium Health Union Monroe $2,855.75 $185.62 – $1,356.46

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