Pr discharge day management hospital ip/obs > 30 min on encounter date 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

$363.10

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.

$363.10

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.

$110.37 with Anthem vs $231.82 with Community Health Options — 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 $110.37 ↓ -70%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $111.47 ↓ -69%
Aetna MHACO Government $111.61 ↓ -69%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $112.56 ↓ -69%
Humana Medicare Advantage $125.67 ↓ -65%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $125.67 ↓ -65%
Aetna HMO/PPO $136.70 ↓ -62%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO/Pathway Enhanced $153.24 ↓ -58%
Cigna Commercial $181.55 ↓ -50%
Multiplan Commercial $212.61 ↓ -41%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $218.44 ↓ -40%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maines Choice $218.44 ↓ -40%
United Healthcare Commercial $223.80 ↓ -38%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $226.60 ↓ -38%
Community Health Options Commercial $231.82 ↓ -36%

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Pr discharge day management hospital ip/obs > 30 min on encounter date at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $246.80 $111.61 – $231.82
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway $338.05 $111.61 – $231.82
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $225.10 $111.61 – $231.82
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook $344.10 $82.40 – $230.46
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $280.80 $111.61 – $231.82
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick $279.45 $109.28 – $231.82

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