Ortho whf rigd without jnt cstm 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

$182.50

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.

$365.00

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.

$41.17 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $460.29 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 $41.17 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $41.57 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $41.94 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $41.94 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $41.94 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $42.34 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $42.34 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $42.78 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $43.18 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $60.70 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $96.73 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $104.65 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $110.30 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $119.39 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $135.78 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $137.71 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $146.73 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $148.92 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $158.05 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $161.33 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $169.73 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $171.92 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $182.50 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $191.26 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $195.64 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $208.05 ↑ +14%
GMMI Commercial $237.25 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $237.25 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $238.71 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $246.38 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $299.30 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $310.25 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $310.25 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $328.50 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $328.50 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $346.75 ↑ +90%
Humana Medicare Advantage $375.59 ↑ +106%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $381.12 ↑ +109%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $386.64 ↑ +112%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $387.78 ↑ +112%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $460.29 ↑ +152%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Ortho whf rigd without jnt cstm w/fit&adj at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $182.50 $54.60 – $386.64
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $182.50 $69.35 – $365.00
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $182.50 $44.79 – $460.29
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $182.50 $51.10 – $511.09
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $182.50 $65.59 – $460.29
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $182.50 $36.50 – $460.29
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $182.50 $43.80 – $511.09
Atrium Health Union Monroe $182.50 $47.45 – $460.29

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