Prosthesis voc advantage 20f 14mm 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

$888.60

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.

$888.60

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.

$101.64 with Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare vs $544.05 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 $101.64 ↓ -89%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $101.64 ↓ -89%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $173.16 ↓ -81%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $232.00 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $236.80 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare Advantage $236.80 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $236.80 ↓ -73%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $246.27 ↓ -72%
Community Health Options Commercial $269.62 ↓ -70%
Aetna HMO/PPO $523.03 ↓ -41%
Multiplan Commercial $542.90 ↓ -39%
United Healthcare Commercial $543.53 ↓ -39%
Cigna Commercial $544.05 ↓ -39%
Aetna MHACO Government not published by hospital —
Aetna MHACO Commercial not published by hospital —

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Prosthesis voc advantage 20f 14mm at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick $260.00 $101.64 – $216.45
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington not published $101.64 – $269.62
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway not published $101.64 – $269.62
Lincoln Health Damariscotta not published $101.64 – $269.62
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport not published $101.64 – $269.62
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $101.64 – $255.85

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