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Blood Clotting (PT/INR) Test at Franklin Memorial Hospital

111 Franklin Health Commons, Farmington, ME · MaineHealth · · NPI 1922791417

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 9, 2025 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$46.50

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.

$46.50

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.

$3.47 with Aetna vs $41.46 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 MHACO Commercial $3.47 ↓ -93%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $4.29 ↓ -91%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $4.29 ↓ -91%
Aetna MHACO Government $4.38 ↓ -91%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $4.38 ↓ -91%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $5.04 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $5.04 ↓ -89%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $5.04 ↓ -89%
Aetna HMO/PPO $5.85 ↓ -87%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $7.16 ↓ -85%
Community Health Options Commercial $8.82 ↓ -81%
Cigna Commercial $13.50 ↓ -71%
Multiplan Commercial $20.25 ↓ -56%
United Healthcare Commercial $41.46 ↓ -11%

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Blood Clotting (PT/INR) Test at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway $101.15 $4.29 – $95.08
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $87.30 $3.47 – $34.50
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $110.55 $4.29 – $85.16
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook $52.00 $4.29 – $48.88
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $74.30 $3.47 – $47.25
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick $90.60 $3.18 – $12.75

All Maine hospitals for this procedure →