Repair tendon/muscle forearm/wrist prime sngl ea 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

$2,242.05

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.

$4,484.10

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.

$490.29 with Trillium vs $4,259.90 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 $490.29 ↓ -78%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $495.19 ↓ -78%
Partners Managed Medicaid $495.19 ↓ -78%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $495.19 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $495.19 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $495.19 ↓ -78%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $495.19 ↓ -78%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $495.19 ↓ -78%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $500.10 ↓ -78%
Alliance Behavioral Health $510.74 ↓ -77%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $594.22 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare Advantage $606.10 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $615.02 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $616.71 ↓ -72%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $742.78 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,188.29 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,285.59 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,355.10 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,448.36 ↓ -35%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,466.75 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,668.09 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,691.85 ↓ -25%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,829.51 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,941.62 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,981.97 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $2,085.11 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $2,112.01 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $2,242.05 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $2,349.67 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,403.48 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,555.94 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,914.67 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $2,914.67 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $2,932.60 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $3,026.77 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $3,676.96 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,811.49 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $3,811.49 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $4,035.69 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $4,035.69 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $4,259.90 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Repair tendon/muscle forearm/wrist prime sngl ea at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $2,242.05 $490.29 – $4,259.90
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $2,242.05 $495.19 – $3,946.01
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $2,242.05 $490.29 – $4,259.90
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $2,242.05 $490.29 – $4,259.90
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $2,242.05 $75.38 – $4,125.37
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $2,242.05 $448.41 – $4,125.37
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $2,242.05 $490.29 – $4,304.74
Atrium Health Union Monroe $2,242.05 $490.29 – $4,259.90

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