Pt repositioning canalith procedure(s) per day 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

$122.75

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.

$122.75

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.

$34.06 with United Healthcare vs $81.60 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
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $34.06 ↓ -72%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $34.06 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $34.74 ↓ -72%
Aetna MHACO Government $35.58 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare Advantage $39.17 ↓ -68%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $39.17 ↓ -68%
Aetna HMO/PPO $48.53 ↓ -60%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO/Pathway Enhanced $51.99 ↓ -58%
Multiplan Commercial $66.60 ↓ -46%
United Healthcare Commercial $70.10 ↓ -43%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $70.98 ↓ -42%
Community Health Options Commercial $71.85 ↓ -41%
Cigna OAP $78.43 ↓ -36%
Cigna PPO $78.43 ↓ -36%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maines Choice $81.60 ↓ -34%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $81.60 ↓ -34%

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Pt repositioning canalith procedure(s) per day at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $145.60 $35.58 – $81.60
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway $253.25 $35.58 – $81.60
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $294.20 $34.40 – $81.60
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $202.45 $35.58 – $81.60
Lincoln Health Damariscotta not published $35.58 – $81.60
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $34.06 – $81.60

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