Ghs tx sp hip disloc abd splnt/trac wo 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

$484.55

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.

$484.55

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.

$184.13 with Humana vs $470.39 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 $184.13 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $184.13 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $184.13 ↓ -62%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $189.65 ↓ -61%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $191.49 ↓ -60%
Aetna MHACO Government $232.00 ↓ -52%
Aetna HMO/PPO $310.03 ↓ -36%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $410.41 ↓ -15%
Multiplan Commercial $428.05 ↓ -12%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $438.37 ↓ -10%
Cigna Commercial $439.97 ↓ -9%
Community Health Options Commercial $446.42 ↓ -8%
United Healthcare Commercial $450.58 ↓ -7%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $456.01 ↓ -6%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $470.39 ↓ -3%

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Ghs tx sp hip disloc abd splnt/trac wo at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $549.40 $229.21 – $431.37
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington not published $225.09 – $563.68
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway not published $232.00 – $618.05
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $226.94 – $618.05
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast not published $232.00 – $618.05
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick not published $226.94 – $618.05

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