Ultrasound doppler velocimetry fetal umbilical artery 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

$262.80

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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.

$525.60

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.

$18.49 with Cigna Healthspring vs $499.32 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
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $18.49 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Advantage $18.86 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $19.14 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $19.19 ↓ -93%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $20.17 ↓ -92%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $20.37 ↓ -92%
Partners Managed Medicaid $20.37 ↓ -92%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $20.37 ↓ -92%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $20.37 ↓ -92%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $20.37 ↓ -92%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $20.37 ↓ -92%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $20.37 ↓ -92%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $20.57 ↓ -92%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $23.11 ↓ -91%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $34.82 ↓ -87%
Aetna Broad Network $44.32 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $44.38 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $45.72 ↓ -83%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $46.90 ↓ -82%
ChoiceCare Commercial $46.90 ↓ -82%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $46.93 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $57.86 ↓ -78%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $58.40 ↓ -78%
Alliance Behavioral Health $59.87 ↓ -77%
MedCost PPO $65.28 ↓ -75%
MedCost Ultra $65.28 ↓ -75%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $139.28 ↓ -47%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $171.92 ↓ -35%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $214.44 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $227.58 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $232.32 ↓ -12%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $262.80 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $281.72 ↑ +7%
Quik Trip Commercial $341.64 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $341.64 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $354.78 ↑ +35%
First Health Commercial $446.76 ↑ +70%
Aetna First Health Commercial $446.76 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $473.04 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $473.04 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $499.32 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Ultrasound doppler velocimetry fetal umbilical artery at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $262.80 $18.49 – $499.32
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Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $262.80 $18.49 – $499.32
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Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $262.80 $18.49 – $483.55
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $262.80 $18.49 – $504.58
Atrium Health Union Monroe $262.80 $18.49 – $499.32

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