Home/res vst new high mdm 75 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

$466.65

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.

$466.65

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.

$197.60 with Aetna vs $418.65 with Anthem — 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
Aetna MHACO Government $197.60 ↓ -58%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $213.54 ↓ -54%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $213.54 ↓ -54%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $222.09 ↓ -52%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $227.24 ↓ -51%
Humana Medicare Advantage $227.24 ↓ -51%
Cigna Commercial $233.33 ↓ -50%
Aetna HMO/PPO $283.65 ↓ -39%
Multiplan Commercial $364.23 ↓ -22%
United Healthcare Commercial $383.40 ↓ -18%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $386.12 ↓ -17%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $386.12 ↓ -17%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $400.85 ↓ -14%
Community Health Options Commercial $406.01 ↓ -13%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $418.65 ↓ -10%

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Home/res vst new high mdm 75 at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $507.45 $193.62 – $406.01
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $664.05 $197.60 – $406.01
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick $607.15 $191.70 – $406.01
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington not published $197.60 – $406.01
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway not published $197.60 – $406.01
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $191.70 – $422.54

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