Ghs layered repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm -12055 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

$779.20

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.

$779.20

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.

$76.43 with Anthem vs $594.28 with Aetna — 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
Anthem Medicare Advantage $76.43 ↓ -90%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $76.43 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $76.43 ↓ -90%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $78.72 ↓ -90%
Aetna HMO/PPO $189.43 ↓ -76%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $193.08 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial $213.23 ↓ -73%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $214.52 ↓ -72%
Community Health Options Commercial $222.09 ↓ -71%
United Healthcare Commercial $227.14 ↓ -71%
Multiplan Commercial $239.47 ↓ -69%
Aetna MHACO Government $287.23 ↓ -63%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $483.56 ↓ -38%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $594.28 ↓ -24%

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Ghs layered repair 12.6 - 20.0 cm -12055 at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway $490.70 $101.17 – $246.43
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $893.70 $162.07 – $400.91
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $2,905.90 $287.23 – $452.94
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $1,013.85 $287.23 – $923.48
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $286.37 – $972.05
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick not published $286.37 – $972.05

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