Radiation treatment delivery 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

$874.78

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.

$1,749.55

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.

$158.32 with Trillium vs $1,662.07 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 $158.32 ↓ -82%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $159.90 ↓ -82%
Partners Managed Medicaid $159.90 ↓ -82%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $159.90 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $159.90 ↓ -82%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $159.90 ↓ -82%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $159.90 ↓ -82%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $159.90 ↓ -82%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $161.49 ↓ -82%
Alliance Behavioral Health $199.27 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage $251.65 ↓ -71%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $255.35 ↓ -71%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $259.05 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $259.81 ↓ -70%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $308.39 ↓ -65%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $463.63 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $501.60 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $528.71 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $572.28 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $650.83 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $660.11 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $703.32 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $713.82 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $757.56 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $773.30 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $813.54 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $824.04 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $874.78 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $916.76 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $937.76 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $997.24 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,137.21 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $1,137.21 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $1,144.21 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,180.95 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,434.63 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,487.12 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $1,487.12 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,574.60 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,574.60 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,662.07 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Radiation treatment delivery at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $874.78 $158.32 – $1,662.07
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $874.78 $159.90 – $1,539.60
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $874.78 $158.32 – $1,662.07
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $874.78 $158.32 – $1,662.07
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $874.78 $95.35 – $1,609.59
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $874.78 $158.32 – $1,609.59
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $874.78 $158.32 – $1,679.57
Atrium Health Union Monroe $874.78 $158.32 – $1,662.07

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