Unsched dialysis esrd pt hos 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

$1,000.93

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.

$2,001.85

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.

$225.81 with Amerihealth Caritas vs $1,901.76 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 $225.81 ↓ -77%
Alliance Behavioral Health $228.01 ↓ -77%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $230.01 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $230.01 ↓ -77%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $230.01 ↓ -77%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $232.21 ↓ -77%
Partners Managed Medicaid $232.21 ↓ -77%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $234.62 ↓ -77%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $236.82 ↓ -76%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $332.91 ↓ -67%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $530.49 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $573.93 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $604.96 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $654.81 ↓ -35%
Humana Medicare Advantage $669.56 ↓ -33%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $679.41 ↓ -32%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $689.26 ↓ -31%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $691.29 ↓ -31%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $744.69 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $755.30 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $804.74 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $816.75 ↓ -18%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $820.54 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $866.80 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $884.82 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $930.86 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $942.87 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $1,000.93 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $1,048.97 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,072.99 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $1,141.05 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $1,301.20 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $1,301.20 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $1,309.21 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $1,351.25 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $1,641.52 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $1,701.57 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $1,701.57 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $1,801.67 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $1,801.67 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $1,901.76 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Unsched dialysis esrd pt hos at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $1,000.93 $299.48 – $1,901.76
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $1,000.93 $380.35 – $2,001.85
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $1,000.93 $245.63 – $1,901.76
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $1,000.93 $280.26 – $1,901.76
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $1,000.93 $311.55 – $1,841.70
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $1,000.93 $200.19 – $1,841.70
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $1,000.93 $240.22 – $1,921.78
Atrium Health Union Monroe $1,000.93 $260.24 – $1,901.76

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