Ashkenazi jewish assoc dis at Stephens Memorial Hospital

181 Main St, Norway, ME · MaineHealth · · NPI 1346299815

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 9, 2025 · Ingested Aug 12, 2026

$3,443.95

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.

$3,443.95

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.

$1,280.15 with Anthem vs $3,306.19 with United 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
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $1,280.15 ↓ -63%
Humana Medicare Advantage $1,343.14 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $1,343.14 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $1,343.14 ↓ -61%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $1,383.43 ↓ -60%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $1,396.87 ↓ -59%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $2,448.56 ↓ -29%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $2,448.56 ↓ -29%
Aetna MHACO Government $2,497.53 ↓ -27%
Aetna HMO/PPO $3,147.77 ↓ -9%
Cigna Commercial $3,209.76 ↓ -7%
Multiplan Commercial $3,237.31 ↓ -6%
Community Health Options Commercial $3,271.75 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare Commercial $3,306.19 ↓ -4%
Aetna MHACO Commercial not published by hospital

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Ashkenazi jewish assoc dis at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $2,910.00 $873.00 – $2,735.40
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $10,917.55 $1,280.15 – $10,262.50
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $6,799.15 $991.27 – $6,391.20
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $2,910.00 $1,168.95 – $2,741.22
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick $6,799.15 $1,069.33 – $6,391.20
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $1,134.48 – $4,985.76

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