Lidocaine (pf) 4 mg/ml (0.4 %) in 5 % dextrose intravenous solution 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

$38.00

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$76.00

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.

$0.01 with OrthoCarolina vs $55.10 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
OrthoCarolina Commercial $0.01 ↓ -100%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $0.01 ↓ -100%
Humana Medicare Advantage $0.01 ↓ -100%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $0.01 ↓ -100%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $0.01 ↓ -100%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $6.54 ↓ -83%
Alliance Behavioral Health $6.61 ↓ -83%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $6.66 ↓ -82%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $6.66 ↓ -82%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $6.66 ↓ -82%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $6.73 ↓ -82%
Partners Managed Medicaid $6.73 ↓ -82%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $6.80 ↓ -82%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $6.86 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $9.65 ↓ -75%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $15.37 ↓ -60%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $16.63 ↓ -56%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $17.53 ↓ -54%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $17.79 ↓ -53%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $18.97 ↓ -50%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $21.58 ↓ -43%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $23.32 ↓ -39%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $23.66 ↓ -38%
Cigna Commercial NB $25.11 ↓ -34%
Employers Health Network Commercial $25.64 ↓ -33%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $26.97 ↓ -29%
MedCost Ultra $27.32 ↓ -28%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $29.00 ↓ -24%
Aetna Broad Network $30.39 ↓ -20%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $31.09 ↓ -18%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $33.06 ↓ -13%
Quik Trip Commercial $37.70 ↓ -1%
GMMI Commercial $37.70 ↓ -1%
MedCost PPO $37.93 ↓ -0%
Cigna Commercial SAR $39.15 ↑ +3%
ChoiceCare Commercial $47.56 ↑ +25%
Aetna First Health Commercial $49.30 ↑ +30%
First Health Commercial $49.30 ↑ +30%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $52.20 ↑ +37%
Beechstreet Commercial $52.20 ↑ +37%
Multiplan Commercial $55.10 ↑ +45%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital —
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital —

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Lidocaine (pf) 4 mg/ml (0.4 %) in 5 % dextrose intravenous solution at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $38.00 $0.01 – $55.10
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $38.00 $11.02 – $58.00
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $38.00 $0.01 – $55.10
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $38.00 $0.01 – $55.10
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $38.00 $0.01 – $53.36
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $38.00 $0.01 – $53.36
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $38.00 $0.01 – $55.68
Atrium Health Union Monroe $38.00 $0.01 – $55.10

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