Treat fracture of radius 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

$2,384.65

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.

$2,384.65

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.

$449.97 with Aetna vs $1,017.66 with Harvard Pilgrim 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 MHACO Government $449.97 ↓ -81%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $496.51 ↓ -79%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $496.51 ↓ -79%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $516.37 ↓ -78%
Humana Medicare Advantage $517.47 ↓ -78%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $517.47 ↓ -78%
Aetna HMO/PPO $597.62 ↓ -75%
Multiplan Commercial $838.66 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Commercial $882.80 ↓ -63%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $892.86 ↓ -63%
Cigna Commercial $934.67 ↓ -61%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $946.02 ↓ -60%
Community Health Options Commercial $977.39 ↓ -59%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $1,017.66 ↓ -57%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $1,017.66 ↓ -57%

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Treat fracture of radius at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $4,637.30 $449.97 – $1,017.66
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway $630.70 $130.36 – $317.54
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $892.15 $319.43 – $525.71
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $927.20 $363.12 – $851.52
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $457.14 – $1,017.66
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick not published $449.97 – $1,017.66

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