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Treat ankle dislocation 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

$1,805.10

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.

$3,610.20

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.

$350.52 with Trillium vs $3,429.69 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 $350.52 ↓ -81%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $354.03 ↓ -80%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $354.03 ↓ -80%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $354.03 ↓ -80%
Partners Managed Medicaid $354.03 ↓ -80%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $354.03 ↓ -80%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $354.03 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $354.03 ↓ -80%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $357.53 ↓ -80%
Alliance Behavioral Health $411.20 ↓ -77%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $461.09 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage $470.31 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $477.23 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $478.54 ↓ -73%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $576.36 ↓ -68%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $956.70 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $1,035.04 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $1,091.00 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $1,166.09 ↓ -35%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $1,180.90 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $1,342.99 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,362.13 ↓ -25%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $1,472.96 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $1,563.22 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $1,595.71 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $1,678.74 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $1,700.40 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,805.10 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $1,891.74 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,935.07 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,057.81 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $2,346.63 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $2,346.63 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $2,361.07 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $2,436.89 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $2,960.36 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $3,068.67 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $3,068.67 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $3,249.18 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $3,249.18 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $3,429.69 ↑ +90%
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital

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Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,805.10 $350.52 – $3,429.69
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,805.10 $354.03 – $3,176.98
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,805.10 $350.52 – $3,429.69
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,805.10 $350.52 – $3,429.69
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,805.10 $75.38 – $3,321.38
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,805.10 $350.52 – $3,321.38
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $1,805.10 $350.52 – $3,465.79
Atrium Health Union Monroe $1,805.10 $350.52 – $3,429.69

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