IV inj ra drug dx study 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

$335.83

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.

$671.65

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.

$34.47 with Trillium vs $638.07 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 $34.47 ↓ -90%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $34.81 ↓ -90%
Partners Managed Medicaid $34.81 ↓ -90%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $34.81 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $34.81 ↓ -90%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $34.81 ↓ -90%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $34.81 ↓ -90%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $34.81 ↓ -90%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $35.16 ↓ -90%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $36.21 ↓ -89%
Humana Medicare Advantage $36.93 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $37.48 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $37.58 ↓ -89%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $45.26 ↓ -87%
Alliance Behavioral Health $76.50 ↓ -77%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $177.99 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $192.56 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $202.97 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $219.70 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $249.85 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $253.41 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $270.00 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $274.03 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $290.82 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $296.87 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $312.32 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $316.35 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $335.83 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $351.94 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $360.00 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $382.84 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $436.57 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $436.57 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $439.26 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $453.36 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $550.75 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $570.90 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $570.90 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $604.49 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $604.49 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $638.07 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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IV inj ra drug dx study at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $335.83 $34.47 – $638.07
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $335.83 $34.81 – $591.05
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $335.83 $34.47 – $638.07
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $335.83 $34.47 – $638.07
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $335.83 $34.47 – $617.92
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $335.83 $34.47 – $617.92
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $335.83 $34.47 – $644.78
Atrium Health Union Monroe $335.83 $34.47 – $638.07

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