Occupational Therapy Evaluation (moderate complexity) 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

$371.10

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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.

$371.10

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.

$98.55 with Aetna vs $336.96 with Cigna — 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 $98.55 ↓ -73%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $110.22 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $110.22 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $113.33 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare Advantage $113.33 ↓ -69%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $114.62 ↓ -69%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $123.36 ↓ -67%
Aetna HMO/PPO $133.00 ↓ -64%
Multiplan Commercial $183.35 ↓ -51%
United Healthcare Commercial $193.00 ↓ -48%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $195.31 ↓ -47%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $195.31 ↓ -47%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $205.17 ↓ -45%
Community Health Options Commercial $210.80 ↓ -43%
Cigna Commercial $336.96 ↓ -9%

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Occupational Therapy Evaluation (moderate complexity) at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $483.95 $98.55 – $405.07
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway $455.60 $98.55 – $424.62
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $361.70 $95.51 – $201.53
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook $307.85 $100.75 – $206.04
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $344.15 $98.55 – $324.19
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick $254.30 $98.55 – $210.80

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