Warde vitamin d (1 25 dihydroxy) 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

$268.00

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.

$268.00

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.

$20.76 with Anthem vs $252.99 with United 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 HMO/POS/PPO/Pathway Enhanced $20.76 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $38.50 ↓ -86%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maines Choice $38.50 ↓ -86%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $38.50 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare Advantage $38.50 ↓ -86%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $38.50 ↓ -86%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $38.89 ↓ -85%
Aetna MHACO Government $39.27 ↓ -85%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $39.66 ↓ -85%
Aetna HMO/PPO $52.54 ↓ -80%
Community Health Options Commercial $80.65 ↓ -70%
Cigna PPO $84.29 ↓ -69%
Cigna OAP $84.29 ↓ -69%
Multiplan Commercial $251.92 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Commercial $252.99 ↓ -6%
Aetna MHACO Commercial not published by hospital —

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Warde vitamin d (1 25 dihydroxy) at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $366.05 $38.50 – $344.09
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway $215.60 $38.50 – $202.66
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $322.05 $38.50 – $302.73
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $268.00 $38.50 – $251.92
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $114.10 $38.50 – $107.48
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $38.50 – $78.39

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