Clsd tx/fem shaft fx/manipulation 27502 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

$3,981.45

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.

$3,981.45

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.

$728.85 with Aetna vs $1,590.05 with Anthem — 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 $728.85 ↓ -82%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $728.85 ↓ -82%
Humana Medicare Advantage $838.18 ↓ -79%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $838.18 ↓ -79%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $838.18 ↓ -79%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $871.70 ↓ -78%
Aetna HMO/PPO $986.19 ↓ -75%
Cigna Commercial $998.10 ↓ -75%
Multiplan Commercial $1,343.03 ↓ -66%
United Healthcare Commercial $1,413.72 ↓ -64%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $1,468.04 ↓ -63%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $1,468.04 ↓ -63%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $1,493.40 ↓ -62%
Community Health Options Commercial $1,560.97 ↓ -61%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $1,590.05 ↓ -60%

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Clsd tx/fem shaft fx/manipulation 27502 at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $4,930.15 $728.85 – $1,560.97
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $1,546.75 $550.78 – $1,425.02
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $2,364.70 $728.85 – $1,560.97
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $1,670.90 $671.20 – $1,560.97
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $722.64 – $1,548.77
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick not published $722.64 – $1,560.97

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