Clsd tx carpo/metacarpl disl thmb manip ea without anes 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

$420.45

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.

$420.45

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.

$86.91 with Aetna vs $646.95 with Aetna — 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 Medicare Advantage $86.91 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $86.91 ↓ -79%
Humana Medicare Advantage $86.91 ↓ -79%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $89.52 ↓ -79%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $90.39 ↓ -79%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $194.55 ↓ -54%
Aetna HMO/PPO $203.68 ↓ -52%
Cigna Commercial $207.70 ↓ -51%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $208.21 ↓ -50%
Multiplan Commercial $209.48 ↓ -50%
Community Health Options Commercial $211.71 ↓ -50%
United Healthcare Commercial $213.94 ↓ -49%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $216.16 ↓ -49%
Aetna MHACO Government $305.66 ↓ -27%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $646.95 ↑ +54%

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Clsd tx carpo/metacarpl disl thmb manip ea without anes at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $886.95 $95.46 – $299.11
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $648.70 $126.92 – $313.96
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $738.30 $232.17 – $380.56
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $755.75 $303.58 – $676.45
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $232.17 – $705.42
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick not published $234.27 – $705.42

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