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Cholesterol (Lipid) Test at Pen Bay Medical Center
6 Glen Cove Dr, Rockport, ME · MaineHealth · · NPI 1982645305
$201.65
Cash price 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.
$201.65
Gross charge 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.
$13.39 with Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare vs $189.55 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.
Full explanation →
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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.
Full explanation →Payer ?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. Full explanation → |
Plan ?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. Full explanation → |
Negotiated rate | vs. cash |
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| Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare | Commercial | $13.39 | ↓ -93% |
| Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare | Maines Choice | $13.39 | ↓ -93% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $13.39 | ↓ -93% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $13.39 | ↓ -93% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $13.52 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | MHACO Government | $13.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $13.66 | ↓ -93% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $13.79 | ↓ -93% |
| Aetna | HMO/PPO | $18.27 | ↓ -91% |
| Anthem | HMO/POS/PPO/Pathway Enhanced | $21.24 | ↓ -89% |
| Community Health Options | Commercial | $27.79 | ↓ -86% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $159.10 | ↓ -21% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $187.78 | ↓ -7% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $189.55 | ↓ -6% |
| Aetna | MHACO Commercial | not published by hospital | — |
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Cholesterol (Lipid) Test at other Maine hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
|---|---|---|---|
| Franklin Memorial Hospital | Farmington | $146.95 | $10.85 – $57.00 |
| Lincoln Health | Damariscotta | $170.05 | $7.50 – $67.20 |
| Mid Coast Hospital | Brunswick | $201.65 | $10.83 – $27.79 |
| Stephens Memorial Hospital | Norway | $139.65 | $13.39 – $131.27 |
| Waldo County General Hospital | Belfast | $137.90 | $10.85 – $37.50 |
| Spring Harbor Hospital | Westbrook | not published | $13.39 – $27.26 |