St treatment swallow dysfunction/oral 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

$172.63

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.

$345.25

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.

$22.05 with Trillium vs $327.99 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 $22.05 ↓ -87%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $22.27 ↓ -87%
Partners Managed Medicaid $22.27 ↓ -87%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $22.27 ↓ -87%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $22.27 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $22.27 ↓ -87%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $22.27 ↓ -87%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $22.27 ↓ -87%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $22.49 ↓ -87%
Alliance Behavioral Health $39.32 ↓ -77%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $79.63 ↓ -54%
Humana Medicare Advantage $81.22 ↓ -53%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $82.42 ↓ -52%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $82.64 ↓ -52%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $83.95 ↓ -51%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $91.49 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $98.98 ↓ -43%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $99.54 ↓ -42%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $104.33 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $112.93 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $128.43 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $138.79 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $140.86 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $149.49 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $152.60 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $160.54 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $162.61 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $172.63 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $180.91 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $185.05 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $196.79 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $224.41 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $224.41 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $225.79 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $233.04 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $283.11 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $293.46 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $293.46 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $310.73 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $310.73 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $327.99 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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