Mopath procedure level 6 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

$155.63

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.

$311.25

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.

$35.11 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $376.69 with OrthoCarolina — 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 $35.11 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $35.45 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $35.76 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $35.76 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $35.76 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $36.11 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $36.11 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $36.48 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $36.82 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $51.76 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $82.48 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $89.24 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $94.06 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $101.81 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $115.79 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $117.43 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $125.12 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $126.99 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $134.77 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $137.57 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $144.73 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $146.60 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $155.63 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $163.10 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $166.83 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $177.41 ↑ +14%
GMMI Commercial $202.31 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $202.31 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $203.56 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $210.09 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $255.23 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $264.56 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $264.56 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $280.13 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $280.13 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $295.69 ↑ +90%
Humana Medicare Advantage $307.38 ↑ +98%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $311.90 ↑ +100%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $316.42 ↑ +103%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $317.35 ↑ +104%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $376.69 ↑ +142%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Mopath procedure level 6 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $155.63 $46.56 – $316.42
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $155.63 $59.14 – $311.25
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $155.63 $38.19 – $376.69
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $155.63 $43.58 – $316.42
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $155.63 $67.88 – $376.69
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $155.63 $31.13 – $376.69
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $155.63 $37.35 – $316.42
Atrium Health Union Monroe $155.63 $40.46 – $376.69

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