Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn at Pen Bay Medical Center

6 Glen Cove Dr, Rockport, ME · MaineHealth · · NPI 1982645305

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 9, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$1,022.30

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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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$1,022.30

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.

$26.12 with Anthem vs $141.23 with Cigna — 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 $26.12 ↓ -97%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $26.38 ↓ -97%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $26.64 ↓ -97%
Aetna MHACO Government $26.78 ↓ -97%
Humana Medicare Advantage $29.74 ↓ -97%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $29.74 ↓ -97%
Aetna HMO/PPO $36.51 ↓ -96%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO/Pathway Enhanced $43.48 ↓ -96%
Multiplan Commercial $50.56 ↓ -95%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $51.39 ↓ -95%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maines Choice $51.39 ↓ -95%
United Healthcare Commercial $53.22 ↓ -95%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $53.89 ↓ -95%
Community Health Options Commercial $54.23 ↓ -95%
Cigna Commercial $141.23 ↓ -86%

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Cytopathology cellular enhancement technique non-gyn at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $200.20 $26.78 – $167.57
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway $147.75 $26.78 – $137.70
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $217.30 $26.78 – $197.31
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $143.00 $26.78 – $134.71
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick $179.00 $24.52 – $126.37
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $25.86 – $55.35

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