Tte w or without fol w/con,stres 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

$1,031.28

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.

$2,062.55

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.

$232.66 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $1,959.42 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
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $232.66 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $234.92 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $236.99 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $236.99 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $236.99 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $239.26 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $239.26 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $241.73 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $244.00 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $343.00 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $546.58 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $591.33 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $623.30 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $674.66 ↓ -35%
Humana Medicare Advantage $756.01 ↓ -27%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $767.13 ↓ -26%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $767.27 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $778.20 ↓ -25%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $778.25 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $780.54 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $829.15 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $841.52 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $893.08 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $911.65 ↓ -12%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $926.48 ↓ -10%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $959.09 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $971.46 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,031.28 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $1,080.78 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,105.53 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,175.65 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,340.66 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $1,340.66 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $1,348.91 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,392.22 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,691.29 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,753.17 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $1,753.17 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,856.30 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,856.30 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,959.42 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Tte w or without fol w/con,stres at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,031.28 $308.56 – $1,959.42
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,031.28 $391.88 – $2,062.55
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,031.28 $253.07 – $1,959.42
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,031.28 $288.76 – $1,959.42
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,031.28 $261.30 – $1,897.55
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,031.28 $206.26 – $1,897.55
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $1,031.28 $247.51 – $1,980.05
Atrium Health Union Monroe $1,031.28 $268.13 – $1,959.42

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