Cary Medical Center: no cash price published
Caribou, ME
Cary Medical Center publishes a machine-readable price file with 1,196 items, but it lists no discounted cash price for any of them: the price a patient pays without insurance is left empty. So we cannot show a cash price for this hospital or count it in any comparison. To pay out of pocket here, call the hospital and ask for its self-pay price.
What you can do
- Call the billing office, give the procedure's CPT code, and ask for the self-pay (cash) price. Many hospitals discount it even when the file does not show one.
- If you are uninsured or not using insurance, the hospital must give you a Good Faith Estimate in writing when you schedule a service at least three business days ahead.
- Compare with hospitals that do publish cash prices in Maine.
Lowest cash prices nearby
Typical outpatient cash price against the Maine median.
- Central Maine Medical Center, Lewiston 63% below median
- Northern Light AR Gould Hospital, Presque Isle 58% below median
- Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center, Bangor 56% below median
- Northern Light Mercy Hospital, Portland 45% below median
- Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital, Ellsworth 44% below median
The hospital's price file
- Price file: 1,196 items
Federal price transparency rules (45 CFR 180.50) list the discounted cash price among the standard charges a hospital publishes. We read every line of the file; if the hospital adds cash prices, they appear here after our next pass. Other US hospitals with no cash price in their files.