X-ray exam thorac spine4/>vw at Lincoln Health
35 Miles St, Damariscotta, ME · MaineHealth · · NPI 1912094806
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Cash price 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.
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Gross charge 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.
$11.68 with Aetna vs $25.37 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Aetna | MHACO Government | $11.68 | — |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $12.59 | — |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $12.59 | — |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $13.10 | — |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $13.43 | — |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $13.43 | — |
| Aetna | HMO/PPO | $15.93 | — |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $21.41 | — |
| Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare | Maine's Choice | $22.48 | — |
| Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare | Commercial | $22.48 | — |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $22.54 | — |
| Aetna | MHACO Commercial | $23.43 | — |
| Community Health Options | Commercial | $23.72 | — |
| Anthem | HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced | $25.37 | — |
Visitor-reported prices
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X-ray exam thorac spine4/>vw at other Maine hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Franklin Memorial Hospital | Farmington | $343.75 | $11.68 – $287.72 |
| Stephens Memorial Hospital | Norway | $622.80 | $11.68 – $580.45 |
| Pen Bay Medical Center | Rockport | $819.25 | $11.35 – $240.45 |
| Waldo County General Hospital | Belfast | $576.35 | $11.68 – $542.92 |
| Mid Coast Hospital | Brunswick | $304.75 | $11.24 – $215.15 |
| Spring Harbor Hospital | Westbrook | not published | $11.24 – $23.72 |