Psychotherapy patient individual therapy 30 minutes 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

$81.48

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.

$162.95

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.

$18.38 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $154.80 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 $18.38 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $18.56 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $18.72 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $18.72 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $18.72 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $18.90 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $18.90 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $19.10 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $19.28 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $27.10 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $43.18 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $46.72 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $49.24 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $53.30 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $60.62 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $61.48 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $65.51 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $66.48 ↓ -18%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $67.91 ↓ -17%
Humana Medicare Advantage $69.27 ↓ -15%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $70.29 ↓ -14%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $70.48 ↓ -14%
Cigna Commercial NB $70.56 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $72.02 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $75.77 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $76.75 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $81.48 ↑ +0%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $84.89 ↑ +4%
Aetna Broad Network $85.39 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $87.34 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $92.88 ↑ +14%
ChoiceCare Commercial $103.47 ↑ +27%
GMMI Commercial $105.92 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $105.92 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $106.57 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $109.99 ↑ +35%
Aetna First Health Commercial $138.51 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $138.51 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $146.66 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $146.66 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $154.80 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Psychotherapy patient individual therapy 30 minutes at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $81.48 $24.38 – $154.80
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $81.48 $30.96 – $143.40
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $81.48 $19.99 – $154.80
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $81.48 $22.81 – $154.80
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $81.48 $35.54 – $149.91
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $81.48 $16.30 – $149.91
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $81.48 $19.55 – $156.43
Atrium Health Union Monroe $81.48 $21.18 – $154.80

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