Ultrasound pregnant uterus detailed fetal exam single/1st gestation 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

$877.25

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.

$877.25

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.

$89.72 with Aetna vs $223.58 with Anthem — 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 $89.72 ↓ -90%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $89.72 ↓ -90%
Humana Medicare Advantage $103.18 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $103.18 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $103.18 ↓ -88%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $107.31 ↓ -88%
Aetna HMO/PPO $122.44 ↓ -86%
Cigna Commercial $130.00 ↓ -85%
Multiplan Commercial $152.51 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Commercial $160.54 ↓ -82%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $171.53 ↓ -80%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $171.53 ↓ -80%
Community Health Options Commercial $179.62 ↓ -80%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $179.64 ↓ -80%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $223.58 ↓ -75%

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Ultrasound pregnant uterus detailed fetal exam single/1st gestation at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway $1,328.15 $89.72 – $1,237.84
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $1,166.15 $89.72 – $1,058.86
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington not published $89.72 – $179.62
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport not published $87.06 – $179.62
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $86.20 – $186.39
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick not published $86.20 – $179.62

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