Mayo methadone definitive assay confirmation urine 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

$158.10

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.

$158.10

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.

$10.12 with Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare vs $148.61 with Multiplan — 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
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $10.12 ↓ -94%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $10.12 ↓ -94%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $36.25 ↓ -77%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $47.43 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $47.43 ↓ -70%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $47.43 ↓ -70%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $48.85 ↓ -69%
Community Health Options Commercial $50.16 ↓ -68%
Aetna HMO/PPO $117.56 ↓ -26%
Cigna Commercial $132.33 ↓ -16%
United Healthcare Commercial $140.96 ↓ -11%
Multiplan Commercial $148.61 ↓ -6%
Aetna MHACO Government not published by hospital —
Aetna MHACO Commercial not published by hospital —

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Mayo methadone definitive assay confirmation urine at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway $137.10 $13.12 – $128.87
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $162.80 $13.12 – $153.03
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $60.35 $13.12 – $117.86
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $98.65 $13.12 – $92.93
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick $60.35 $5.66 – $117.86
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $13.12 – $36.25

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