Treatment radiation delivery level 2 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

$737.25

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.

$1,474.50

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.

$163.45 with Trillium vs $1,400.78 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 $163.45 ↓ -78%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $165.08 ↓ -78%
Partners Managed Medicaid $165.08 ↓ -78%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $165.08 ↓ -78%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $165.08 ↓ -78%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $165.08 ↓ -78%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $165.08 ↓ -78%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $165.08 ↓ -78%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $166.72 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $167.95 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage $251.65 ↓ -66%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $255.35 ↓ -65%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $259.05 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $259.81 ↓ -65%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $308.39 ↓ -58%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $390.74 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $422.74 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $445.59 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $482.31 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $548.51 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $556.33 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $592.75 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $601.60 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $638.46 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $651.73 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $685.64 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $694.49 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $737.25 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $772.64 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $790.33 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $840.47 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $958.43 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $958.43 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $964.32 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $995.29 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,209.09 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,253.33 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $1,253.33 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,327.05 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,327.05 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,400.78 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Treatment radiation delivery level 2 at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $737.25 $163.45 – $1,400.78
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $737.25 $165.08 – $1,297.56
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $737.25 $163.45 – $1,400.78
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $737.25 $163.45 – $1,400.78
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $737.25 $86.05 – $1,356.54
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $737.25 $147.45 – $1,356.54
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $737.25 $163.45 – $1,415.52
Atrium Health Union Monroe $737.25 $163.45 – $1,400.78

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