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CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with contrast) at Mid Coast Hospital
123 Medical Center Drive, Brunswick, ME · MaineHealth · · NPI 1932164795
$1,791.20
Cash price 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.
$1,791.20
Gross charge 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.
$82.60 with Anthem vs $708.45 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $82.60 | ↓ -95% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $82.60 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $84.25 | ↓ -95% |
| Aetna | MHACO Government | $85.80 | ↓ -95% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $94.99 | ↓ -95% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $94.99 | ↓ -95% |
| Anthem | HMO/POS/PPO/Pathway Enhanced | $116.13 | ↓ -94% |
| Aetna | HMO/PPO | $116.72 | ↓ -93% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $159.81 | ↓ -91% |
| Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare | Commercial | $163.83 | ↓ -91% |
| Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare | Maines Choice | $163.83 | ↓ -91% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $168.22 | ↓ -91% |
| Aetna | MHACO Commercial | $170.32 | ↓ -90% |
| Community Health Options | Commercial | $174.86 | ↓ -90% |
| Cigna | PPO | $681.20 | ↓ -62% |
| Cigna | OAP | $708.45 | ↓ -60% |
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CT Scan of Abdomen and Pelvis (with contrast) at other Maine hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Franklin Memorial Hospital | Farmington | $1,961.30 | $85.80 – $1,641.61 |
| Stephens Memorial Hospital | Norway | $1,837.75 | $85.80 – $1,712.78 |
| Lincoln Health | Damariscotta | $3,248.75 | $85.80 – $2,949.87 |
| Pen Bay Medical Center | Rockport | $4,088.20 | $83.43 – $1,413.26 |
| Waldo County General Hospital | Belfast | $4,781.90 | $85.80 – $4,504.55 |
| Spring Harbor Hospital | Westbrook | not published | $82.60 – $176.09 |