Ultrasound prostate/transrectal 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

$475.98

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.

$951.95

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.

$29.47 with Trillium vs $904.35 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 $29.47 ↓ -94%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $29.76 ↓ -94%
Partners Managed Medicaid $29.76 ↓ -94%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $29.76 ↓ -94%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $29.76 ↓ -94%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $29.76 ↓ -94%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $29.76 ↓ -94%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $29.76 ↓ -94%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $30.06 ↓ -94%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $30.24 ↓ -94%
Humana Medicare Advantage $30.84 ↓ -94%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $31.30 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $31.38 ↓ -93%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $37.80 ↓ -92%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $67.68 ↓ -86%
ChoiceCare Commercial $67.68 ↓ -86%
Aetna Broad Network $69.44 ↓ -85%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $84.29 ↓ -82%
MedCost Ultra $85.89 ↓ -82%
MedCost PPO $85.89 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $87.84 ↓ -82%
Alliance Behavioral Health $108.43 ↓ -77%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $252.27 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $272.92 ↓ -43%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $311.38 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $354.13 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $382.68 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $388.40 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $412.19 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $420.76 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $442.66 ↓ -7%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $475.98 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $510.25 ↑ +7%
GMMI Commercial $618.77 ↑ +30%
Quik Trip Commercial $618.77 ↑ +30%
Cigna Commercial SAR $642.57 ↑ +35%
First Health Commercial $809.16 ↑ +70%
Aetna First Health Commercial $809.16 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $856.76 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $856.76 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $904.35 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Ultrasound prostate/transrectal at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $475.98 $29.47 – $904.35
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $475.98 $29.76 – $837.72
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $475.98 $29.47 – $904.35
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $475.98 $29.47 – $904.35
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Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $475.98 $29.47 – $875.79
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $475.98 $29.47 – $913.87
Atrium Health Union Monroe $475.98 $29.47 – $904.35

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