Home/res vst new mod mdm 60 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

$499.65

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.

$499.65

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.

$135.51 with United Healthcare vs $286.72 with Community Health Options — 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
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $135.51 ↓ -73%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $135.51 ↓ -73%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $138.22 ↓ -72%
Aetna MHACO Government $140.79 ↓ -72%
Humana Medicare Advantage $155.84 ↓ -69%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $155.84 ↓ -69%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO/Pathway Enhanced $211.18 ↓ -58%
Aetna HMO/PPO $234.28 ↓ -53%
Cigna OAP $249.83 ↓ -50%
Cigna PPO $249.83 ↓ -50%
Multiplan Commercial $264.96 ↓ -47%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $271.77 ↓ -46%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maines Choice $271.77 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Commercial $278.90 ↓ -44%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $282.39 ↓ -43%
Community Health Options Commercial $286.72 ↓ -43%

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Home/res vst new mod mdm 60 at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $385.60 $140.79 – $286.72
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $417.05 $136.87 – $286.72
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $548.05 $140.79 – $286.72
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington not published $140.79 – $286.72
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway not published $140.79 – $286.72
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $135.51 – $347.49

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