Observation/inpatient hospital care hi severity 99236 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

$706.95

Cash price

?

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.

Full explanation →

What you pay up front if you don't use insurance.

$706.95

Gross charge

?

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.

Full explanation →

The hospital's undiscounted list price — almost no one pays this.

$196.50 with United Healthcare vs $433.52 with Anthem — same scan, same building. Share

Negotiated rates by payer
?

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.

Full explanation →

Payer
?

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.

Full explanation →
Plan
?

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.

Full explanation →
Negotiated rate vs. cash
United Healthcare Medicare Advantage $196.50 ↓ -72%
Anthem Medicare Advantage $198.47 ↓ -72%
Aetna Medicare Advantage $200.43 ↓ -72%
Aetna MHACO Government $204.49 ↓ -71%
Humana Medicare Advantage $225.98 ↓ -68%
Wellcare Medicare Advantage $225.98 ↓ -68%
Aetna HMO $276.19 ↓ -61%
Aetna HMO/PPO $276.19 ↓ -61%
Aetna PPO $276.19 ↓ -61%
Cigna Commercial $295.03 ↓ -58%
Cigna OAP $300.45 ↓ -58%
Cigna PPO $300.45 ↓ -58%
United Healthcare Commercial $354.32 ↓ -50%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO Pathway Enhanced $367.70 ↓ -48%
Multiplan Commercial $385.09 ↓ -46%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maines Choice $397.04 ↓ -44%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Commercial $397.04 ↓ -44%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Fully Insured $397.04 ↓ -44%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Maine's Choice $397.04 ↓ -44%
Harvard Pilgrim Healthcare Self-Insured $397.04 ↓ -44%
Aetna MHACO Commercial $410.43 ↓ -42%
Community Health Options Commercial $418.21 ↓ -41%
Anthem HMO/POS/PPO/Pathway Enhanced $433.52 ↓ -39%

Visitor-reported prices

visitor-reported
Report what you paid sign in to post

Comments

Add a comment sign in to post