Ghs layered repair 20.1 - 30.0 cm -12046 at Lincoln Health

35 Miles St, Damariscotta, ME · MaineHealth · · NPI 1912094806

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 9, 2025 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$626.25

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.

$626.25

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.

$237.98 with Humana vs $623.15 with Aetna — 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
Humana Medicare Advantage $237.98 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $237.98 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $237.98 ↓ -62%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $245.11 ↓ -61%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $247.49 ↓ -60%
Aetna MHACO Government $301.50 ↓ -52%
Aetna HMO/PPO $409.28 ↓ -35%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $530.43 ↓ -15%
Multiplan Commercial $558.22 ↓ -11%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $564.55 ↓ -10%
Cigna Commercial $568.64 ↓ -9%
Community Health Options Commercial $576.96 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $587.60 ↓ -6%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $589.36 ↓ -6%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $623.15 ↓ -0%

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Ghs layered repair 20.1 - 30.0 cm -12046 at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $459.75 $76.43 – $239.47
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $2,178.40 $301.50 – $452.94
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $1,033.85 $301.50 – $901.92
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway not published $301.50 – $968.19
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $301.23 – $968.19
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick not published $301.23 – $968.19

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