Wrist fracture care, no reset cost in Maine
In Maine, 17 hospitals publish a cash price for closed treatment of a wrist (distal radius) fracture, no resetting: from $161.00 to $1,503.28, with a median of $290.70. The lowest price is at Calais Community Hospital (Calais). The highest price is 9.3× the lowest.
- The median here, $290.70, is 39% below the US median of $473.89.
- That is 1.2× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($252.01).
- Maine ranks 9th of 47 states by median, cheapest first.
- Every hospital here lists a cash price below its full list price.
Outpatient cash prices, one line per hospital — its lowest listed price for code 25600. Prices for both sides of the body and inpatient prices are not mixed in. Collected Nov 11, 2026. See them on a map
Lowest$161.00Calais Community Hospital
Median$290.70half of hospitals charge less
Highest$1,503.28in Maine
Lowest saves$129.70vs the median
Hospitals in Maine, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | File date |
|---|---|---|---|
| Calais Community Hospital lowest Calais · Calais, ME 25600 Off Fac: Clsd Fx Distal Med Wo | $161.00 | $215.00 | — source file |
| Northern Light AR Gould Hospital Presque Isle · Presque Isle, ME CLS TRT DIST RAD FX W/O MNP FF | $210.63 | $1,003.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor · Bangor, ME HC CLTX DSTL RD FX/EPI W/O MN | $210.63 | $1,003.00 | Feb 3, 2026 source file |
| Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital Pittsfield · Pittsfield, ME HC TREAT FRACTURE RADIUS/ULNA | $211.14 | $621.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Blue Hill Memorial Hospital Blue Hill · Blue Hill, ME CLS TREAT DSTL RADIAL FX F | $229.77 | $621.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| Central Maine Medical Center Lewiston · Lewiston-Auburn, ME HC CLSD TREAT DISTL RAD/ULNA FX WO MANIP | $243.00 | $480.00 | Jun 25, 2026 source file |
| Northern Light Mercy Hospital Portland · Portland-South Portland, ME HC TREAT FRACTURE RADIUS/ULNA | $260.78 | $1,003.00 | Apr 15, 2026 source file |
| St Joseph Hospital Bangor · Bangor, ME HC TREAT RADIUS/ULNA FX | $261.63 | $513.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
| Mount Desert Island Hospital Bar Harbor · Bar Harbor, ME 25600 Closed treatment of distal radial fracture without manipulation | $290.70 | $323.00 | Jul 8, 2026 source file |
| Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital Ellsworth · Ellsworth, ME 25600 - CLSD TRMNT DIST RADIAL FX W/O MANIP | $301.00 | $1,204.00 | Mar 30, 2026 source file |
| York Hospital York · Portland-South Portland, ME ER CLOSED FX DISTAL RADIALW/O MANIPULATI | $328.80 | $548.00 | Jul 4, 2026 source file |
| Down East Community Hospital Machias · Machias, ME 25600 Cltx Dstl Radial Fx/epiphysl Sep W/o Manj Techfee | $371.00 | $494.00 | — source file |
| Redington-Fairview General Hospital Skowhegan · Skowhegan, ME TREAT FX RADIUS/UNLA | $429.00 | $619.00 | Jul 23, 2026 source file |
| Millinocket Regional Hospital Millinocket · Bangor, ME CLOSED TX DISTAL RAD FX W O MA | $444.60 | $494.00 | May 26, 2026 source file |
| Penobscot Valley Hospital Lincoln · Bangor, ME REDUCTION FX DISTAL RADIUS W/O MANIPULAT | $641.26 | $801.58 | Apr 24, 2026 source file |
| Houlton Regional Hospital Houlton · Houlton, ME CLTR DISTAL RADIAL FRAC W/O MA | $762.85 | $803.00 | Mar 25, 2026 source file |
| St Mary's Regional Medical Center Lewiston · Lewiston-Auburn, ME HC TREAT RADIUS/ULNA FX | $1,503.28 | $3,956.00 | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Cash price The hospital's own price for a patient paying without insurance (“discounted cash” in its price file). Hospitals must publish it under federal law, 45 CFR 180.50. Call to confirm it before booking. More
List price The hospital's full chargemaster price (“gross charge”) before any discount. Almost nobody pays it; the gap to the cash price shows what the self-pay discount is worth. More
File date When the hospital last updated its price file, as the file says itself. A dash means the file gives no date.
At or below Medicare This cash price is at or below what Medicare pays a hospital for the same service, which is unusually low. It is what the hospital's file says; confirm it and what it includes before booking. More
By metro area
Each metro page compares every listing, including prices for both sides of the body.
| Metro area | Hospitals | Lowest | Median |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bangor, ME | 4 | $210.63 | $353.12 |
| Lewiston-Auburn, ME | 2 | $243.00 | $873.14 |
| Portland-South Portland, ME | 2 | $260.78 | $294.79 |
| Bar Harbor, ME | 1 | $290.70 | $290.70 |
| Blue Hill, ME | 1 | $229.77 | $229.77 |
| Calais, ME | 1 | $161.00 | $161.00 |
| Ellsworth, ME | 1 | $301.00 | $301.00 |
| Houlton, ME | 1 | $762.85 | $762.85 |
| Machias, ME | 1 | $371.00 | $371.00 |
| Pittsfield, ME | 1 | $211.14 | $211.14 |
| Presque Isle, ME | 1 | $210.63 | $210.63 |
| Skowhegan, ME | 1 | $429.00 | $429.00 |
Market A metro area (as the Census Bureau defines it) or, outside metro areas, a town. Each links to every hospital price there.
Hospitals How many hospitals publish a cash price for this code here. Each hospital counts once, at its lowest outpatient cash price.
Lowest The lowest cash price among those hospitals.
Median The middle cash price: half of the hospitals charge less, half charge more. One price per hospital. More
What wrist fracture care, no reset is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Wrist fracture care, no reset explained.
Closed treatment of a wrist (distal radius) fracture, no resetting in other states
- Alabama$274.13
- Alaska$495.06
- Arizona$1,577.00
- Arkansas$218.37
- California$558.24
- Colorado$661.86
- Connecticut$788.84
- Delaware$669.48, 3 hospitals
- District of Columbia$447.62, 3 hospitals
- Florida$557.60
- Georgia$524.70
- Hawaii$899.50
- Idaho$341.60
- Illinois$518.40
- Indiana$435.60
- Iowa$437.70
- Kansas$604.33
- Kentucky$282.78
- Louisiana$284.60
- Maryland$832.89, 2 hospitals
- Massachusetts$619.27
- Michigan$379.00
- Minnesota$492.48
- Mississippi$205.97
- Missouri$415.87
- Montana$457.19
- Nebraska$467.70
- Nevada$441.60
- New Hampshire$267.15
- New Jersey$1,963.09
- New Mexico$424.91
- New York$561.60
- North Carolina$411.50
- North Dakota$445.25
- Ohio$409.50
- Oklahoma$262.61
- Oregon$529.31
- Pennsylvania$662.95
- Puerto Rico$249.36, 2 hospitals
- Rhode Island$315.00
- South Carolina$378.60
- South Dakota$597.70
- Tennessee$236.55
- Texas$445.81
- Utah$414.41, 2 hospitals
- Vermont$540.06
- Virginia$338.00
- Washington$616.80
- West Virginia$317.50
- Wisconsin$615.55
- Wyoming$513.00
Median cash price across the state's hospitals.