Warde immunofixation electrophoresis 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

$129.30

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.

$258.60

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.

$14.74 with Trillium vs $245.67 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 $14.74 ↓ -89%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $14.89 ↓ -88%
Partners Managed Medicaid $14.89 ↓ -88%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $14.89 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $14.89 ↓ -88%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $14.89 ↓ -88%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $14.89 ↓ -88%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $14.89 ↓ -88%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $15.03 ↓ -88%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $16.68 ↓ -87%
Humana Medicare Advantage $17.01 ↓ -87%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $17.26 ↓ -87%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $17.31 ↓ -87%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $20.85 ↓ -84%
Alliance Behavioral Health $29.45 ↓ -77%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $68.53 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $74.14 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $78.15 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $84.59 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $96.20 ↓ -26%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $97.57 ↓ -25%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $103.96 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $105.51 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $111.97 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $114.30 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $120.25 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $121.80 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $129.30 ↑ +0%
Aetna Broad Network $135.51 ↑ +5%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $138.61 ↑ +7%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $147.40 ↑ +14%
Quik Trip Commercial $168.09 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $168.09 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $169.12 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $174.56 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $212.05 ↑ +64%
Aetna First Health Commercial $219.81 ↑ +70%
First Health Commercial $219.81 ↑ +70%
Beechstreet Commercial $232.74 ↑ +80%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $232.74 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $245.67 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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Warde immunofixation electrophoresis urine at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $129.30 $14.74 – $245.67
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $129.30 $14.89 – $227.57
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $129.30 $14.74 – $245.67
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $129.30 $14.74 – $245.67
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $129.30 $12.16 – $237.91
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $129.30 $14.74 – $237.91
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $129.30 $14.74 – $248.26
Atrium Health Union Monroe $129.30 $14.74 – $245.67

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