Inj/inf neurolyt sbst spinal canal lesion 62282 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

$1,927.65

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.

$1,927.65

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.

$136.13 with Anthem vs $599.43 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 $136.13 ↓ -93%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $136.13 ↓ -93%
Aetna MHACO Government $136.97 ↓ -93%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $138.85 ↓ -93%
Humana Medicare Advantage $156.55 ↓ -92%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $156.55 ↓ -92%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO/Pathway Enhanced $185.44 ↓ -90%
Aetna HMO/PPO $187.03 ↓ -90%
Multiplan Commercial $264.65 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Commercial $278.58 ↓ -86%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $282.06 ↓ -85%
Community Health Options Commercial $288.75 ↓ -85%
Cigna PPO $575.04 ↓ -70%
Cigna OAP $575.04 ↓ -70%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maines Choice $599.43 ↓ -69%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $599.43 ↓ -69%

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Inj/inf neurolyt sbst spinal canal lesion 62282 at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $1,927.65 $136.97 – $599.43
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington not published $136.97 – $599.43
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway not published $136.97 – $599.43
Lincoln Health Damariscotta not published $136.97 – $599.43
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $136.13 – $599.43
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast not published $136.97 – $599.43

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