Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31575 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

$430.50

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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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$430.50

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.

$65.36 with Aetna vs $249.28 with Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare — 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
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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 $65.36 ↓ -85%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $66.98 ↓ -84%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $67.65 ↓ -84%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $68.31 ↓ -84%
Humana Medicare Advantage $76.27 ↓ -82%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $76.27 ↓ -82%
Aetna HMO/PPO $86.69 ↓ -80%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO/Pathway Enhanced $114.38 ↓ -73%
Multiplan Commercial $127.98 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Commercial $134.72 ↓ -69%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $136.40 ↓ -68%
Community Health Options Commercial $141.65 ↓ -67%
Cigna Commercial $237.10 ↓ -45%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maines Choice $249.28 ↓ -42%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $249.28 ↓ -42%

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Diagnostic laryngoscopy 31575 at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $549.45 $65.36 – $237.10
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway $117.30 $24.49 – $59.66
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $273.30 $65.36 – $237.10
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $873.25 $65.36 – $232.67
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $66.32 – $249.28
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick not published $65.36 – $249.28

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