Mayo c1 esterase inhibitor 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

$88.05

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.

$88.05

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.

$13.60 with Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare vs $82.94 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
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $13.60 ↓ -85%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $13.60 ↓ -85%
Aetna MHACO Government $13.87 ↓ -84%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $13.87 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $15.95 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage $15.95 ↓ -82%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $15.95 ↓ -82%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $16.59 ↓ -81%
Aetna HMO/PPO $18.56 ↓ -79%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $24.83 ↓ -72%
Community Health Options Commercial $28.48 ↓ -68%
Multiplan Commercial $82.77 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Commercial $82.86 ↓ -6%
Cigna Commercial $82.94 ↓ -6%
Aetna MHACO Commercial not published by hospital —

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Mayo c1 esterase inhibitor at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $96.05 $13.60 – $90.29
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway $314.50 $13.60 – $295.63
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $94.30 $13.60 – $88.64
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $57.60 $13.60 – $54.14
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick $57.60 $7.34 – $54.14
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $13.60 – $27.69

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