Sbsq nursing facil care/day new problem 25 min 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

$233.70

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.

$233.70

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.

$103.78 with Aetna vs $218.26 with Community Health Options — 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 Medicare Advantage $103.78 ↓ -56%
Aetna MHACO Government $103.78 ↓ -56%
Cigna Commercial $116.85 ↓ -50%
Aetna HMO/PPO $117.43 ↓ -50%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $119.35 ↓ -49%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $119.35 ↓ -49%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $119.35 ↓ -49%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $143.00 ↓ -39%
Multiplan Commercial $193.76 ↓ -17%
United Healthcare Commercial $203.96 ↓ -13%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $206.23 ↓ -12%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $206.23 ↓ -12%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $214.31 ↓ -8%
Community Health Options Commercial $218.26 ↓ -7%

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Sbsq nursing facil care/day new problem 25 min at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $187.65 $93.83 – $218.26
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $207.90 $103.78 – $218.26
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $249.70 $103.78 – $218.26
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick $249.80 $103.16 – $218.26
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway not published $103.78 – $218.26
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $103.16 – $217.57

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