Ultrasound fetal biophysical profile without non-stress testing 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

$409.80

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$409.80

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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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$34.00 with Cigna vs $79.37 with Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

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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

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

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
Cigna Commercial $34.00 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $36.14 ↓ -91%
Aetna MHACO Government $36.14 ↓ -91%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $41.56 ↓ -90%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $41.56 ↓ -90%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $41.56 ↓ -90%
Aetna HMO/PPO $49.90 ↓ -88%
Multiplan Commercial $66.27 ↓ -84%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $69.38 ↓ -83%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $69.38 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Commercial $69.76 ↓ -83%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $72.58 ↓ -82%
Community Health Options Commercial $73.19 ↓ -82%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $79.37 ↓ -81%

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Ultrasound fetal biophysical profile without non-stress testing at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway $1,687.40 $36.14 – $1,572.66
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $858.35 $36.14 – $779.38
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $744.60 $35.17 – $168.18
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $616.80 $27.00 – $73.19
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick $744.60 $34.82 – $525.69
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $34.82 – $75.47

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