Ftl cgen abnor four anal 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

$309.00

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.

$309.00

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.

$32.50 with Cigna vs $290.80 with Community Health Options — 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
Cigna Commercial $32.50 ↓ -89%
Multiplan Commercial $48.75 ↓ -84%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $124.13 ↓ -60%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $124.34 ↓ -60%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $126.69 ↓ -59%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $126.69 ↓ -59%
Humana Medicare Advantage $126.69 ↓ -59%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $131.76 ↓ -57%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $153.50 ↓ -50%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $153.50 ↓ -50%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $154.09 ↓ -50%
Aetna MHACO Government $156.57 ↓ -49%
Aetna HMO/PPO $209.50 ↓ -32%
United Healthcare Commercial $290.80 ↓ -6%
Community Health Options Commercial $290.80 ↓ -6%

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Ftl cgen abnor four anal at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $1,094.55 $140.66 – $1,028.88
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway $359.80 $140.32 – $338.21
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $674.95 $153.50 – $634.45
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $844.95 $122.91 – $428.69
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick $456.05 $67.04 – $428.69
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $140.66 – $312.56

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