Toxoplasma antibody igm 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

$135.50

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.

$135.50

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.

$14.41 with Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare vs $130.08 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 $14.41 ↓ -89%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $14.41 ↓ -89%
Aetna MHACO Government $14.70 ↓ -89%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $14.70 ↓ -89%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $16.91 ↓ -88%
Humana Medicare Advantage $16.91 ↓ -88%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $16.91 ↓ -88%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $17.58 ↓ -87%
Aetna HMO/PPO $19.67 ↓ -85%
Community Health Options Commercial $30.20 ↓ -78%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $31.52 ↓ -77%
Cigna Commercial $126.29 ↓ -7%
Multiplan Commercial $127.37 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Commercial $130.08 ↓ -4%
Aetna MHACO Commercial not published by hospital —

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Toxoplasma antibody igm at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $139.05 $14.41 – $130.71
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $149.70 $14.41 – $140.72
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $21.90 $14.41 – $20.59
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $84.35 $14.41 – $79.46
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick $21.90 $7.76 – $20.61
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $14.41 – $29.34

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