Ghs chemo >8 hrs 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

$811.20

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.

$811.20

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.

$119.35 with Anthem vs $640.04 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 $119.35 ↓ -85%
Aetna MHACO Government $119.88 ↓ -85%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $120.53 ↓ -85%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $121.72 ↓ -85%
Humana Medicare Advantage $135.90 ↓ -83%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $135.90 ↓ -83%
Aetna HMO/PPO $168.46 ↓ -79%
Multiplan Commercial $242.76 ↓ -70%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $245.43 ↓ -70%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maines Choice $245.43 ↓ -70%
Community Health Options Commercial $246.05 ↓ -70%
United Healthcare Commercial $255.54 ↓ -68%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $258.73 ↓ -68%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO/Pathway Enhanced $334.49 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial $640.04 ↓ -21%

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Ghs chemo >8 hrs at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $466.40 $119.88 – $390.38
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway $455.95 $119.88 – $424.95
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $672.20 $119.88 – $610.36
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $290.15 $116.55 – $273.32
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $118.17 – $272.73
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick not published $118.17 – $246.05

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