Warde 1007138 vanillymandelic acid 24 hour urine 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

$142.33

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.

$284.65

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.

$15.81 with Humana vs $270.42 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $15.81 ↓ -89%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $16.04 ↓ -89%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $16.28 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $16.32 ↓ -89%
Trillium Managed Medicaid $19.12 ↓ -87%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $19.31 ↓ -86%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $19.31 ↓ -86%
Partners Managed Medicaid $19.31 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $19.31 ↓ -86%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $19.31 ↓ -86%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $19.31 ↓ -86%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $19.31 ↓ -86%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $19.38 ↓ -86%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $19.50 ↓ -86%
Alliance Behavioral Health $32.42 ↓ -77%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $75.43 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $81.61 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $86.02 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $93.11 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $105.89 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $107.40 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $114.43 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $116.14 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $123.25 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $125.82 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $132.36 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $134.07 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $142.33 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $149.16 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $152.57 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $162.25 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $185.02 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $185.02 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $186.16 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $192.14 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $233.41 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $241.95 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $241.95 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $256.19 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $256.19 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $270.42 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Warde 1007138 vanillymandelic acid 24 hour urine at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $142.33 $15.81 – $270.42
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $142.33 $19.31 – $250.49
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $142.33 $15.81 – $270.42
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $142.33 $15.81 – $270.42
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $142.33 $15.81 – $261.88
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $142.33 $15.81 – $261.88
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $142.33 $15.81 – $273.26
Atrium Health Union Monroe $142.33 $15.81 – $270.42

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