Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited w/contrast or without & w/contrast at Pen Bay Medical Center
6 Glen Cove Dr, Rockport, ME · MaineHealth · · NPI 1982645305
$1,052.60
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.
$1,052.60
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.
$185.47 with Aetna vs $1,678.46 with Anthem — 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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| Aetna | HMO/PPO | $185.47 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | MHACO Commercial | $185.47 | ↓ -82% |
| Aetna | MHACO Government | $185.47 | ↓ -82% |
| Cigna | Commercial | $289.50 | ↓ -72% |
| United Healthcare | Medicare Advantage | $345.64 | ↓ -67% |
| Humana | Medicare Advantage | $345.64 | ↓ -67% |
| Anthem | Medicare Advantage | $349.10 | ↓ -67% |
| Aetna | Medicare Advantage | $352.56 | ↓ -67% |
| Wellcare | Medicare Advantage | $356.01 | ↓ -66% |
| Multiplan | Commercial | $434.25 | ↓ -59% |
| Community Health Options | Commercial | $434.25 | ↓ -59% |
| Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare | Maines Choice | $519.67 | ↓ -51% |
| Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare | Commercial | $544.62 | ↓ -48% |
| United Healthcare | Commercial | $595.74 | ↓ -43% |
| Anthem | HMO/POS/PPO/Pathway Enhanced | $1,678.46 | ↑ +59% |
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Echocardiography transthoracic 2d followup/limited w/contrast or without & w/contrast at other Maine hospitals
| Hospital | City | Cash price | Negotiated range |
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| Franklin Memorial Hospital | Farmington | $1,007.60 | $302.28 – $947.14 |
| Stephens Memorial Hospital | Norway | $952.70 | $371.55 – $905.07 |
| Lincoln Health | Damariscotta | $620.85 | $235.92 – $583.60 |
| Waldo County General Hospital | Belfast | $1,018.05 | $408.95 – $959.00 |
| Mid Coast Hospital | Brunswick | $1,052.60 | $348.77 – $990.60 |
| Spring Harbor Hospital | Westbrook | not published | $345.64 – $345.64 |