CT 3d report other modality w/workstation at Waldo County General Hospital

118 Northport Ave, Belfast, ME · MaineHealth · · NPI 1841397932

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 9, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$213.20

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.

$213.20

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.

$37.28 with Aetna vs $200.83 with Cigna — 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
Aetna MHACO Government $37.28 ↓ -83%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $37.28 ↓ -83%
Humana Medicare Advantage $42.87 ↓ -80%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $42.87 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $42.87 ↓ -80%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $44.59 ↓ -79%
Aetna HMO/PPO $50.84 ↓ -76%
Multiplan Commercial $68.19 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Commercial $71.78 ↓ -66%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $71.95 ↓ -66%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $71.95 ↓ -66%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $74.56 ↓ -65%
Community Health Options Commercial $75.92 ↓ -64%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $98.64 ↓ -54%
Cigna Commercial $200.83 ↓ -6%

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CT 3d report other modality w/workstation at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $533.90 $19.00 – $75.92
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $614.05 $36.26 – $484.49
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway not published $37.28 – $75.92
Lincoln Health Damariscotta not published $37.28 – $75.92
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $35.90 – $76.38
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick not published $35.90 – $75.92

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