X-ray sacroiliac joints >= 3 views 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

$217.40

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.

$434.80

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.

$7.90 with Trillium vs $413.06 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 $7.90 ↓ -96%
Wellcare Managed Medicaid $7.98 ↓ -96%
Amerihealth Caritas Managed Medicaid $7.98 ↓ -96%
Partners Managed Medicaid $7.98 ↓ -96%
United Healthcare Managed Medicaid $7.98 ↓ -96%
Healthy Blue Managed Medicaid $7.98 ↓ -96%
Carolina Complete Health Managed Medicaid $7.98 ↓ -96%
Vaya Managed Medicaid $7.98 ↓ -96%
Alliance Managed Medicaid $8.06 ↓ -96%
Cigna Healthspring Medicare Advantage $10.05 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Advantage $10.25 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $10.40 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $10.43 ↓ -95%
OrthoCarolina Commercial $12.56 ↓ -94%
Alliance Behavioral Health $49.52 ↓ -77%
Aetna Broad Network $58.88 ↓ -73%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina HMO-PPO Managed Care $64.37 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare HMO-PPO Managed Care $87.51 ↓ -60%
Aetna Connected North Carolina Individual HMO $115.22 ↓ -47%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Group Commercial $124.66 ↓ -43%
Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina Local Individual Commercial $131.40 ↓ -40%
Ambetter CoBranded Commercial $142.22 ↓ -35%
Ambetter Individual Commercial $161.75 ↓ -26%
United Healthcare IEX Commercial $174.79 ↓ -20%
Aetna Whole Health HMO $177.40 ↓ -18%
Cigna Commercial NB $188.27 ↓ -13%
Employers Health Network Commercial $192.18 ↓ -12%
Aetna North Carolina Preferred Plus $202.18 ↓ -7%
MedCost Ultra $204.79 ↓ -6%
Physician Reach Out Plan P $217.40 ↑ +0%
Cigna HMO-PPO Managed Care $233.05 ↑ +7%
Quik Trip Commercial $282.62 ↑ +30%
GMMI Commercial $282.62 ↑ +30%
MedCost PPO $284.36 ↑ +31%
Cigna Commercial SAR $293.49 ↑ +35%
ChoiceCare Commercial $356.54 ↑ +64%
First Health Commercial $369.58 ↑ +70%
Aetna First Health Commercial $369.58 ↑ +70%
Private Health Care Systems Commercial $391.32 ↑ +80%
Beechstreet Commercial $391.32 ↑ +80%
Multiplan Commercial $413.06 ↑ +90%
Broughton Cardinal Partners Commercial not published by hospital
Physician Reach Out Plan H not published by hospital

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X-ray sacroiliac joints >= 3 views at other North-carolina hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Atrium Health Anson Wadesboro $217.40 $7.90 – $413.06
Atrium Health Behavioral Health Charlotte Charlotte $217.40 $7.98 – $382.62
Atrium Health Cabarrus Concord $217.40 $7.90 – $413.06
Atrium Health Cleveland Shelby $217.40 $7.90 – $413.06
Atrium Health Mercy Charlotte $217.40 $7.90 – $400.02
Atrium Health Pineville Charlotte $217.40 $7.90 – $400.02
Atrium Health Stanly Albermarle $217.40 $7.90 – $417.41
Atrium Health Union Monroe $217.40 $7.90 – $413.06

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