Warde apolipoprotein b 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

$106.25

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.

$106.25

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.

$21.09 with Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare vs $102.00 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 $21.09 ↓ -80%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $21.09 ↓ -80%
Aetna MHACO Government $21.51 ↓ -80%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $21.51 ↓ -80%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $24.74 ↓ -77%
Humana Medicare Advantage $24.74 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $24.74 ↓ -77%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $25.73 ↓ -76%
Aetna HMO/PPO $28.78 ↓ -73%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $33.91 ↓ -68%
Community Health Options Commercial $44.07 ↓ -59%
Cigna Commercial $99.03 ↓ -7%
Multiplan Commercial $99.88 ↓ -6%
United Healthcare Commercial $102.00 ↓ -4%
Aetna MHACO Commercial not published by hospital —

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Warde apolipoprotein b at other Maine hospitals

Hospital City Cash price Negotiated range
Franklin Memorial Hospital Farmington $150.70 $21.09 – $141.66
Lincoln Health Damariscotta $155.65 $21.09 – $146.31
Pen Bay Medical Center Rockport $68.40 $21.09 – $64.30
Waldo County General Hospital Belfast $56.00 $21.09 – $52.75
Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick $68.40 $9.21 – $64.30
Spring Harbor Hospital Westbrook not published $21.09 – $42.94

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