Rmvl fb upr arm/elbow deep 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

$4,779.15

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.

$4,779.15

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.

$353.83 with Aetna vs $1,199.48 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 $353.83 ↓ -93%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $396.85 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $400.78 ↓ -92%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $404.71 ↓ -92%
Humana Medicare Advantage $451.86 ↓ -91%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $451.86 ↓ -91%
Aetna HMO/PPO $473.94 ↓ -90%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO/Pathway Enhanced $560.23 ↓ -88%
Multiplan Commercial $759.94 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Commercial $799.94 ↓ -83%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $809.94 ↓ -83%
Community Health Options Commercial $840.48 ↓ -82%
Cigna Commercial $1,000.32 ↓ -79%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maines Choice $1,199.48 ↓ -75%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $1,199.48 ↓ -75%

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Rmvl fb upr arm/elbow deep at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $8,513.20 $353.83 – $1,199.48
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $1,152.65 $353.83 – $909.78
Stephens Memorial Hospital Norway not published $353.83 – $1,199.48
Lincoln Health Damariscotta not published $353.83 – $1,199.48
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $392.92 – $1,199.48
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick not published $353.83 – $1,199.48

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