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Original text from hospital filings
HC ER FINE NEEDLE ASPIRATION W/O IMAGE GUIDANCE
Lincolnton, NC
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Atrium Health Hospitals Inc’s median price of $382 is 18% below the median hospital's median price ($463), higher than 28% of the 2,193 hospitals reporting CPT 10021. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 13 payers, 57 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.
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| 1 | Cigna Healthspring medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $50.62 | $50.62 | $50.62 – $50.62 |
| 2 | Humana medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $51.63 | $51.63 | $51.63 – $51.63 |
| 3 | Aetna medicare advantage fee schedule · both | $52.39 | $52.39 | $52.39 – $52.39 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage case rate · both | $52.54 | $52.54 | $52.54 – $52.54 |
| 5 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $52.88 | $52.88 | $52.88 – $52.88 |
| 6 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $52.88 | $52.88 | $52.88 – $52.88 |
| 7 | WellCare managed medicaid fee schedule · both | $52.88 | $52.88 | $52.88 – $52.88 |
| 8 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $93.94 | $93.94 | $93.94 – $93.94 |
| 9 | WellCare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $95.69 | $95.69 | $95.69 – $95.69 |
| 10 | UnitedHealthcare managed medicaid percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $138.49 | $138.49 | $138.49 – $138.49 |
| 11 | UnitedHealthcare hmo-ppo managed care fee schedule · both | $189.50 | $189.50 | $189.50 – $189.50 |
| 12 | Bcbs Nc hmo-ppo managed care fee schedule · both | $204.90 | $204.90 | $204.90 – $204.90 |
| 13 | Aetna broad network fee schedule · both | $214.06 | $214.06 | $214.06 – $214.06 |
| 14 | Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $220.69 | $220.69 | $220.69 – $220.69 |
| 15 | Bcbs Nc local group commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $238.76 | $238.76 | $238.76 – $238.76 |
| 16 | Bcbs Nc local individual commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $251.67 | $251.67 | $251.67 – $251.67 |
| 17 | Aetna connected north carolina individual hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $252.34 | $252.34 | $252.34 – $252.34 |
| 18 | UnitedHealthcare iex commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $268.99 | $268.99 | $268.99 – $268.99 |
| 19 | Ambetter cobranded commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $272.41 | $272.41 | $272.41 – $272.41 |
| 20 | Ambetter cobranded commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $278.99 | $278.99 | $278.99 – $278.99 |
| 21 | Ambetter individual commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $309.80 | $309.80 | $309.80 – $309.80 |
| 22 | Ambetter individual commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $309.80 | $309.80 | $309.80 – $309.80 |
| 23 | Bcbs Nc hmo-ppo managed care percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $314.22 | $314.22 | $314.22 – $314.22 |
| 24 | Bcbs Nc local group commercial percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $321.96 | $321.96 | $321.96 – $321.96 |
| 25 | UnitedHealthcare iex commercial percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $334.79 | $334.79 | $334.79 – $334.79 |
Last updated: Dec 1, 2025
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