Tx phalangeal shaft fx open prox/middle 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

$3,604.65

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.

$7,209.30

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.

$408.45 with Trillium vs $6,848.84 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 $408.45 ↓ -89%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $412.53 ↓ -89%
Partners Managed Medicaid $412.53 ↓ -89%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $412.53 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $412.53 ↓ -89%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $412.53 ↓ -89%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $412.53 ↓ -89%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $412.53 ↓ -89%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $416.62 ↓ -88%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $556.99 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare Advantage $568.13 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $576.48 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $578.07 ↓ -84%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $696.24 ↓ -81%
Alliance Behavioral Health $821.14 ↓ -77%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $1,910.46 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $2,066.91 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $2,178.65 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $2,328.60 ↓ -35%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $2,358.16 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $2,681.86 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $2,720.07 ↓ -25%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $2,941.39 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $3,121.63 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $3,186.51 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $3,352.32 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $3,395.58 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $3,604.65 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $3,777.67 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $3,864.18 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $4,109.30 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $4,686.05 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $4,686.05 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $4,714.88 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $4,866.28 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $5,911.63 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $6,127.91 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $6,127.91 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $6,488.37 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $6,488.37 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $6,848.84 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $3,604.65 $408.45 – $6,848.84
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Atrium Health Union Monroe $3,604.65 $408.45 – $6,848.84

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