Iliac bone graft microvasc 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

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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.

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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.

$2,522.08 with Aetna vs $5,439.98 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 $2,522.08
Anthem Medicare Advantage $2,522.08
Humana Medicare Advantage $2,900.39
Aetna Medicare Advantage $2,900.39
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $2,900.39
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $3,016.41
Aetna HMO/PPO $3,409.12
Multiplan Commercial $4,648.54
United Healthcare Commercial $4,893.20
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $5,077.41
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $5,077.41
Aetna MHACO Commercial $5,153.58
Community Health Options Commercial $5,394.61
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $5,439.98

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Iliac bone graft microvasc at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington not published $2,522.08 – $5,394.61
Lincoln Health Damariscotta not published $2,522.08 – $5,394.61
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport not published $2,517.45 – $5,394.61
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $2,492.52 – $5,356.65
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast not published $2,522.08 – $5,394.61
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick not published $2,492.52 – $5,394.61

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