Mr safety implt pos&/immoblj 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

$98.88

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.

$197.75

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.

$22.31 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $187.86 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 $22.31 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $22.52 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $22.72 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $22.72 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $22.72 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $22.94 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $22.94 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $23.18 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $23.39 ↓ -76%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $25.87 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage $26.39 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $26.78 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $26.85 ↓ -73%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $32.34 ↓ -67%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $32.89 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $52.40 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $56.69 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $59.76 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $64.68 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $73.56 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $74.61 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $79.50 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $80.68 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $85.63 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $87.41 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $91.95 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $93.14 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $98.88 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $103.62 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $105.99 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $112.72 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $128.54 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $128.54 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $129.33 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $133.48 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $162.16 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $168.09 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $168.09 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $177.98 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $177.98 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $187.86 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Mr safety implt pos&/immoblj at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $98.88 $25.87 – $187.86
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $98.88 $25.87 – $197.75
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $98.88 $24.26 – $187.86
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $98.88 $25.87 – $187.86
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $98.88 $25.87 – $181.93
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $98.88 $19.78 – $181.93
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $98.88 $23.73 – $189.84
Atrium Health Union Monroe $98.88 $25.71 – $187.86

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