Mayo renin 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

$183.00

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.

$183.00

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.

$21.99 with Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare vs $175.68 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 $21.99 ↓ -88%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $21.99 ↓ -88%
Aetna MHACO Government $22.43 ↓ -88%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $22.43 ↓ -88%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $25.79 ↓ -86%
Humana Medicare Advantage $25.79 ↓ -86%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $25.79 ↓ -86%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $26.83 ↓ -85%
Aetna HMO/PPO $30.01 ↓ -84%
Community Health Options Commercial $46.08 ↓ -75%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $48.14 ↓ -74%
Cigna Commercial $170.56 ↓ -7%
Multiplan Commercial $172.02 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Commercial $175.68 ↓ -4%
Aetna MHACO Commercial not published by hospital —

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Mayo renin at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $175.85 $21.99 – $165.30
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $203.20 $21.99 – $191.01
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $40.15 $21.99 – $37.74
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $316.10 $21.99 – $297.77
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick $40.15 $11.86 – $37.79
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $21.99 – $44.78

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