Plcmt dlyd xtn pros 1st vsl 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

$24,433.00

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.

$48,866.00

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.

$667.42 with Trillium vs $46,422.70 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
Trillium Managed Medicaid $667.42 ↓ -97%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $674.09 ↓ -97%
Partners Managed Medicaid $674.09 ↓ -97%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $674.09 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $674.09 ↓ -97%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $674.09 ↓ -97%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $674.09 ↓ -97%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $674.09 ↓ -97%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $680.77 ↓ -97%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $704.61 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $718.70 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $729.27 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $731.28 ↓ -97%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $880.76 ↓ -96%
Alliance Behavioral Health $5,565.84 ↓ -77%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $12,949.49 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $14,009.88 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $14,767.31 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $15,984.07 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $18,178.15 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $18,437.14 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $19,644.13 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $19,937.33 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $21,158.98 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $21,598.77 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $22,722.69 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $23,015.89 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $24,433.00 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $25,605.78 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $26,192.18 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $27,853.62 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $31,762.90 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $31,762.90 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $31,958.36 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $32,984.55 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $40,070.12 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $41,536.10 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $41,536.10 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $43,979.40 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $43,979.40 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $46,422.70 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Plcmt dlyd xtn pros 1st vsl at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $24,433.00 $667.42 – $46,422.70
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $24,433.00 $674.09 – $43,002.08
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $24,433.00 $667.42 – $46,422.70
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $24,433.00 $667.42 – $46,422.70
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $24,433.00 $667.42 – $44,956.72
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $24,433.00 $667.42 – $44,956.72
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $24,433.00 $667.42 – $46,911.36
Atrium Health Union Monroe $24,433.00 $667.42 – $46,422.70

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