Interrog without prgrmg ipnss 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

$380.93

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.

$761.85

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.

$17.29 with Trillium vs $723.76 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 $17.29 ↓ -95%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $17.46 ↓ -95%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $17.46 ↓ -95%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $17.46 ↓ -95%
Partners Managed Medicaid $17.46 ↓ -95%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $17.46 ↓ -95%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $17.46 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $17.46 ↓ -95%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $17.64 ↓ -95%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $19.95 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Advantage $20.35 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $20.65 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $20.71 ↓ -95%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $24.94 ↓ -93%
Alliance Behavioral Health $86.77 ↓ -77%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $201.89 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $218.42 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $230.23 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $249.20 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $283.41 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $287.45 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $306.26 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $310.83 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $329.88 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $336.74 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $354.26 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $358.83 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $380.93 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $399.21 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $408.35 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $434.25 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $495.20 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $495.20 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $498.25 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $514.25 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $624.72 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $647.57 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $647.57 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $685.67 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $685.67 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $723.76 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —

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