Ghs closed tx bimalleolar fracture w/manip at Mid Coast Hospital

123 Medical Center Drive, Brunswick, ME · MaineHealth · · NPI 1932164795

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 9, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

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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.

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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.

$417.01 with Aetna vs $948.28 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
Aetna MHACO Government $417.01 —
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $422.95 —
Anthem Medicare Advantage $422.95 —
Aetna Medicare Advantage $431.41 —
Humana Medicare Advantage $486.39 —
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $486.39 —
Aetna HMO/PPO $554.93 —
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO/Pathway Enhanced $585.59 —
Multiplan Commercial $820.55 —
United Healthcare Commercial $863.74 —
Cigna PPO $871.21 —
Cigna OAP $871.21 —
Aetna MHACO Commercial $874.54 —
Community Health Options Commercial $905.54 —
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maines Choice $948.28 —
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $948.28 —

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Ghs closed tx bimalleolar fracture w/manip at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $2,911.75 $417.01 – $948.28
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway $693.75 $143.93 – $350.60
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $936.70 $355.95 – $862.98
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $1,414.45 $319.43 – $486.39
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $1,016.30 $408.25 – $905.54
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $422.95 – $948.28

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