Diagnostic anoscopy spx 46600 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

$290.15

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.

$290.15

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.

$39.40 with Aetna vs $122.93 with Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare — 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 MHACO Government $39.40 ↓ -86%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $40.18 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $40.58 ↓ -86%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $40.97 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare Advantage $45.75 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $45.75 ↓ -84%
Aetna HMO/PPO $52.50 ↓ -82%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO/Pathway Enhanced $58.02 ↓ -80%
Multiplan Commercial $76.93 ↓ -73%
United Healthcare Commercial $80.98 ↓ -72%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $82.24 ↓ -72%
Community Health Options Commercial $84.72 ↓ -71%
Cigna Commercial $113.93 ↓ -61%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maines Choice $117.30 ↓ -60%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $122.93 ↓ -58%

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Diagnostic anoscopy spx 46600 at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $266.90 $38.01 – $106.05
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway $70.60 $14.10 – $34.34
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $329.30 $39.40 – $227.44
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $167.35 $39.40 – $157.64
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $39.78 – $227.44
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick not published $39.40 – $227.44

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