Ghs layer closure 7.6 - 12.5 cm - 12044 at MaineHealth - Memorial Hospital

3073 White Mountain Highway, North Conway, NH · MaineHealth · · NPI 1760436216

Source: hospital's published price file ↗ · Published Sep 9, 2025 · Ingested Aug 13, 2026

$889.05

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.

$889.05

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.

$169.08 with United Healthcare vs $462.99 with Harvard Pilgrim 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
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $169.08 ↓ -81%
Humana Medicare Advantage $169.08 ↓ -81%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $169.08 ↓ -81%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $174.15 ↓ -80%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $175.85 ↓ -80%
Aetna MHACO Government $205.24 ↓ -77%
Aetna HMO $275.03 ↓ -69%
Aetna HMO/PPO $275.03 ↓ -69%
Aetna PPO $275.03 ↓ -69%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maines Choice $356.99 ↓ -60%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $381.31 ↓ -57%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Fully Insured $394.74 ↓ -56%
Community Health Options Commercial $397.84 ↓ -55%
Multiplan Commercial $398.35 ↓ -55%
Cigna OAP $407.65 ↓ -54%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $416.74 ↓ -53%
Cigna PPO $417.36 ↓ -53%
Cigna Commercial $418.73 ↓ -53%
United Healthcare Commercial $419.32 ↓ -53%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $424.56 ↓ -52%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Self-Insured $432.45 ↓ -51%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO/Pathway Enhanced $435.64 ↓ -51%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $462.99 ↓ -48%

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