Noninv pace analysis 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

$560.30

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.

$560.30

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.

$45.39 with United Healthcare vs $649.09 with Anthem — 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 $45.39 ↓ -92%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $45.84 ↓ -92%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $46.30 ↓ -92%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $52.20 ↓ -91%
Humana Medicare Advantage $52.20 ↓ -91%
Multiplan Commercial $88.75 ↓ -84%
United Healthcare Commercial $93.42 ↓ -83%
Community Health Options Commercial $94.21 ↓ -83%
Aetna MHACO Government $233.19 ↓ -58%
Aetna PPO $318.74 ↓ -43%
Aetna HMO/PPO $318.74 ↓ -43%
Aetna HMO $318.74 ↓ -43%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maines Choice $412.16 ↓ -26%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $442.66 ↓ -21%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $442.66 ↓ -21%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Fully Insured $442.66 ↓ -21%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Self-Insured $442.66 ↓ -21%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $462.47 ↓ -17%
Cigna OAP $470.65 ↓ -16%
Cigna PPO $481.86 ↓ -14%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO/Pathway Enhanced $485.60 ↓ -13%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $649.09 ↑ +16%

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