Ortho hnd without jnt w/fit&adj 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

$150.00

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.

$300.00

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.

$33.84 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $373.26 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 $33.84 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $34.17 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $34.47 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $34.47 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $34.47 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $34.80 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $34.80 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $35.16 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $35.49 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $49.89 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $79.50 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $86.01 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $90.66 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $98.13 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $111.60 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $113.19 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $120.60 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $122.40 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $129.90 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $132.60 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $139.50 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $141.30 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $150.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $157.20 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $160.80 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $171.00 ↑ +14%
GMMI Commercial $195.00 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $195.00 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $196.20 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $202.50 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $246.00 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $255.00 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $255.00 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $270.00 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $270.00 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $285.00 ↑ +90%
Humana Medicare Advantage $304.58 ↑ +103%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $309.06 ↑ +106%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $313.54 ↑ +109%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $314.47 ↑ +110%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $373.26 ↑ +149%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Ortho hnd without jnt w/fit&adj at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $150.00 $44.88 – $313.54
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $150.00 $57.00 – $300.00
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $150.00 $36.81 – $373.26
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $150.00 $42.00 – $371.43
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $150.00 $53.91 – $373.26
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $150.00 $30.00 – $373.26
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $150.00 $36.00 – $371.43
Atrium Health Union Monroe $150.00 $39.00 – $373.26

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