Mayo opatu opiates definitive assay >=1 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

$52.75

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.

$52.75

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.

$17.00 with Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare vs $50.64 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
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $17.00 ↓ -68%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $17.00 ↓ -68%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $20.57 ↓ -61%
Humana Medicare Advantage $20.57 ↓ -61%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $20.57 ↓ -61%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $21.19 ↓ -60%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $21.40 ↓ -59%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $40.90 ↓ -22%
Aetna HMO/PPO $48.21 ↓ -9%
Cigna Commercial $49.16 ↓ -7%
Multiplan Commercial $49.59 ↓ -6%
Community Health Options Commercial $50.11 ↓ -5%
United Healthcare Commercial $50.64 ↓ -4%
Aetna MHACO Government not published by hospital —
Aetna MHACO Commercial not published by hospital —

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Mayo opatu opiates definitive assay >=1 at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $284.10 $13.80 – $267.05
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $284.10 $17.00 – $267.05
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $31.35 $17.00 – $117.86
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $284.10 $17.00 – $267.62
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick $31.35 $7.39 – $117.86
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $17.00 – $36.25

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