Hla class ii high defin qual 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

$847.10

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.

$847.10

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.

$236.76 with Anthem vs $813.22 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 $236.76 ↓ -72%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $325.80 ↓ -62%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $325.80 ↓ -62%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $330.37 ↓ -61%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $330.37 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare Advantage $330.37 ↓ -61%
Aetna MHACO Government $332.32 ↓ -61%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $332.32 ↓ -61%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $343.58 ↓ -59%
Aetna HMO/PPO $444.65 ↓ -48%
Community Health Options Commercial $682.55 ↓ -19%
Cigna Commercial $789.50 ↓ -7%
Multiplan Commercial $796.27 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Commercial $813.22 ↓ -4%
Aetna MHACO Commercial not published by hospital —

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Hla class ii high defin qual at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $1,954.80 $208.25 – $1,837.51
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $1,338.20 $236.76 – $1,257.91
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $841.90 $181.69 – $791.39
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $566.50 $227.56 – $533.64
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick $841.90 $142.28 – $791.39
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $208.25 – $663.39

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