Tc-99m tetrofosmin p study dose 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

$182.35

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.

$182.35

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.

$69.29 with Aetna vs $171.61 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
Aetna Medicare Advantage $69.29 ↓ -62%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $69.29 ↓ -62%
Humana Medicare Advantage $69.29 ↓ -62%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $71.37 ↓ -61%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $72.06 ↓ -60%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $86.98 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial $86.98 ↓ -52%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $86.98 ↓ -52%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $164.97 ↓ -10%
Aetna HMO/PPO $165.14 ↓ -9%
Community Health Options Commercial $168.00 ↓ -8%
Multiplan Commercial $171.41 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Commercial $171.61 ↓ -6%
Aetna MHACO Government not published by hospital —
Aetna MHACO Commercial not published by hospital —

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Tc-99m tetrofosmin p study dose at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $490.70 $86.98 – $461.26
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway $113.60 $44.30 – $107.92
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $523.85 $86.98 – $492.42
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $533.10 $86.98 – $501.11
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick $523.85 $86.98 – $109,179.99
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $86.98 – $303.66

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