Ghs intermed repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm-12035 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

$827.35

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.

$827.35

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.

$230.47 with Aetna vs $752.33 with Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare — 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 $230.47 ↓ -72%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $230.47 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare Advantage $265.04 ↓ -68%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $265.04 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $265.04 ↓ -68%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $275.64 ↓ -67%
Aetna HMO/PPO $310.14 ↓ -63%
Multiplan Commercial $426.85 ↓ -48%
United Healthcare Commercial $449.32 ↓ -46%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $460.10 ↓ -44%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $475.94 ↓ -42%
Community Health Options Commercial $494.80 ↓ -40%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $693.40 ↓ -16%
Cigna Commercial $706.98 ↓ -15%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $752.33 ↓ -9%

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Ghs intermed repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm-12035 at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $1,273.90 $131.06 – $410.64
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway $382.20 $79.27 – $193.09
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $770.65 $162.07 – $400.91
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $1,979.95 $230.47 – $446.56
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $230.35 – $752.33
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick not published $230.35 – $752.33

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