Ins cerv dilator (sep proc) 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

$183.95

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.

$183.95

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.

$41.95 with Aetna vs $203.02 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
Aetna MHACO Government $41.95 ↓ -77%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $48.24 ↓ -74%
Humana Medicare Advantage $48.24 ↓ -74%
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $48.24 ↓ -74%
Aetna HMO/PPO $56.82 ↓ -69%
Aetna PPO $56.82 ↓ -69%
Aetna HMO $56.82 ↓ -69%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $62.25 ↓ -66%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $70.87 ↓ -61%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $77.36 ↓ -58%
Multiplan Commercial $79.34 ↓ -57%
United Healthcare Commercial $83.52 ↓ -55%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $84.56 ↓ -54%
Community Health Options Commercial $90.14 ↓ -51%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO/Pathway Enhanced $91.50 ↓ -50%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maines Choice $135.31 ↓ -26%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Fully Insured $149.62 ↓ -19%
Cigna OAP $154.52 ↓ -16%
Cigna PPO $158.20 ↓ -14%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Self-Insured $163.92 ↓ -11%
Cigna Commercial $191.66 ↑ +4%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $203.02 ↑ +10%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $203.02 ↑ +10%

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