Prostate ca screening; dre 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

$3.73

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.

$7.45

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.

$0.84 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $10.16 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 $0.84 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $0.85 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $0.86 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $0.86 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $0.86 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $0.86 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $0.86 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $0.87 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $0.88 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $1.24 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1.97 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2.14 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2.25 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2.44 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2.77 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2.81 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2.99 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $3.04 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $3.23 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $3.29 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $3.46 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $3.51 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $3.73 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $3.90 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $3.99 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $4.25 ↑ +14%
GMMI Commercial $4.84 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $4.84 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $4.87 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $5.03 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $6.11 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $6.33 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $6.33 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $6.71 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $6.71 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $7.08 ↑ +90%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $8.13 ↑ +118%
Humana Medicare Advantage $8.29 ↑ +122%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $8.41 ↑ +125%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $8.44 ↑ +126%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $10.16 ↑ +172%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Prostate ca screening; dre at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $3.73 $1.11 – $8.29
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $3.73 $1.42 – $7.45
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $3.73 $0.91 – $10.16
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $3.73 $1.04 – $8.29
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $3.73 $1.62 – $19.70
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $3.73 $0.75 – $10.16
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $3.73 $0.89 – $8.29
Atrium Health Union Monroe $3.73 $0.97 – $10.16

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