Ultrasound fetal biophysical profile without non-stress testing 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

$744.60

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What a hospital charges a self-pay patient who pays directly, without going through insurance — usually well below the gross charge.

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$744.60

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.

$34.82 with United Healthcare vs $601.64 with Cigna — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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 $34.82 ↓ -95%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $34.82 ↓ -95%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $35.52 ↓ -95%
Aetna MHACO Government $36.14 ↓ -95%
Humana Medicare Advantage $40.04 ↓ -95%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $40.04 ↓ -95%
Aetna HMO/PPO $49.90 ↓ -93%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO/Pathway Enhanced $55.09 ↓ -93%
Multiplan Commercial $68.10 ↓ -91%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maines Choice $69.38 ↓ -91%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $69.38 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Commercial $71.68 ↓ -90%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $72.58 ↓ -90%
Community Health Options Commercial $73.19 ↓ -90%
Cigna OAP $525.69 ↓ -29%
Cigna PPO $601.64 ↓ -19%

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Ultrasound fetal biophysical profile without non-stress testing at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $409.80 $34.00 – $73.19
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway $1,687.40 $36.14 – $1,572.66
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $858.35 $36.14 – $779.38
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $744.60 $35.17 – $168.18
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $616.80 $27.00 – $73.19
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $34.82 – $75.47

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