Treat toe dislocation 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

$454.85

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.

$454.85

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.

$119.35 with Anthem vs $276.66 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
Anthem Medicare Advantage $119.35 ↓ -74%
Aetna MHACO Government $121.26 ↓ -73%
Humana Medicare Advantage $121.81 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $121.81 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $121.81 ↓ -73%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $126.68 ↓ -72%
Aetna HMO/PPO $164.95 ↓ -64%
Multiplan Commercial $229.43 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $241.50 ↓ -47%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $249.00 ↓ -45%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $255.80 ↓ -44%
Community Health Options Commercial $260.27 ↓ -43%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $264.39 ↓ -42%
Cigna Commercial $270.45 ↓ -41%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $276.66 ↓ -39%

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Treat toe dislocation at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $815.80 $121.26 – $270.45
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $413.10 $121.26 – $296.18
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $471.75 $121.26 – $296.18
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway not published $121.26 – $296.18
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $122.98 – $296.18
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick not published $121.26 – $296.18

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