Ultrasound transabd ea addl gest 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

$304.85

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.

$609.70

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.

$68.77 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $579.22 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 $68.77 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $69.44 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $70.05 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $70.05 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $70.05 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $70.73 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $70.73 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $71.31 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $71.46 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $72.02 ↓ -76%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $79.10 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage $80.68 ↓ -74%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $81.87 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $82.09 ↓ -73%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $98.88 ↓ -68%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $161.20 ↓ -47%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $161.57 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $170.33 ↓ -44%
ChoiceCare Commercial $170.33 ↓ -44%
Aetna Broad Network $184.51 ↓ -39%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $199.43 ↓ -35%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $212.10 ↓ -30%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $226.81 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $230.87 ↓ -24%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $245.10 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $248.76 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $264.00 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $269.49 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $283.51 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $287.17 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $304.85 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $326.80 ↑ +7%
Quik Trip Commercial $396.31 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $396.31 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $398.74 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $411.55 ↑ +35%
First Health Commercial $518.25 ↑ +70%
Aetna First Health Commercial $518.25 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $548.73 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $548.73 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $579.22 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Ultrasound transabd ea addl gest at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $304.85 $71.31 – $579.22
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $304.85 $72.02 – $536.54
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $304.85 $71.31 – $579.22
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $304.85 $71.31 – $579.22
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $304.85 $66.55 – $560.92
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $304.85 $60.97 – $560.92
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $304.85 $71.31 – $585.31
Atrium Health Union Monroe $304.85 $71.31 – $579.22

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