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Cash prices Maine Outpatient

Cheapest hospitals in Maine without insurance

Of 29 hospitals in Maine we can compare, Central Maine Medical Center (Lewiston) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 65% below the Maine median across 303 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all Maine hospitals, procedure by procedure.

Collected Nov 11, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures

HospitalTypical priceBelow medianAbove median
1. Central Maine Medical Center Lewiston 65% below 261 of 303 38 of 303
2. Northern Light AR Gould Hospital Presque Isle 61% below 404 of 410 4 of 410
3. Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor 60% below 416 of 431 9 of 431
4. Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital Ellsworth 50% below 307 of 367 52 of 367
5. Northern Light Mercy Hospital Portland 50% below 371 of 418 43 of 418
6. Northern Light Mayo Hospital Dover Foxcroft 37% below 298 of 309 11 of 309
7. Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital Pittsfield 36% below 366 of 380 9 of 380
8. Blue Hill Memorial Hospital Blue Hill 29% below 348 of 372 15 of 372
9. Rumford Hospital Rumford 23% below 233 of 280 38 of 280
10. Bridgton Hospital Bridgton 18% below 202 of 286 78 of 286
11. St Mary's Regional Medical Center Lewiston 6% below 236 of 397 145 of 397
12. Northern Light CA Dean Hospital Greenville 3% below 181 of 333 119 of 333
13. Penobscot Valley Hospital Lincoln 3% below 209 of 400 179 of 400
14. Redington-Fairview General Hospital Skowhegan at median 184 of 367 160 of 367
15. York Hospital York at median 186 of 388 182 of 388
16. MaineHealth Westbrook 2% above 72 of 192 107 of 192
17. St Joseph Hospital Bangor 6% above 144 of 386 217 of 386
18. Mount Desert Island Hospital Bar Harbor 13% above 101 of 263 154 of 263
19. Millinocket Regional Hospital Millinocket 19% above 96 of 348 239 of 348
20. Calais Community Hospital Calais 41% above 72 of 373 296 of 373
21. Houlton Regional Hospital Houlton 51% above 54 of 359 300 of 359
22. Down East Community Hospital Machias 54% above 63 of 346 280 of 346
23. MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Biddeford Biddeford 88% above 24 of 372 340 of 372
24. MaineHealth Franklin Hospital Farmington 98% above 11 of 358 345 of 358
25. MaineHealth Mid Coast Hospital Brunswick 100% above 37 of 344 302 of 344
26. MaineHealth Waldo Hospital Belfast 104% above 24 of 359 331 of 359
27. MaineHealth Stephens Hospital Norway 112% above 39 of 347 299 of 347
28. MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital Rockport 127% above 21 of 380 352 of 380
29. LincolnHealth Damariscotta 145% above 16 of 353 334 of 353
Hospital The hospital that published the price, its city and the line exactly as written in its price file.
Typical price The median of this hospital's cash prices divided by the state median for the same codes: below means cheaper than a typical hospital in the state.
Below median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is cheaper than the state median.
Above median For how many of the compared procedures this hospital is more expensive than the state median.

Not in the ranking: Cary Medical Center (Caribou) — its price file lists no cash price (all US hospitals without one).

Procedure costs in Maine

Cheapest hospitals by metro area in Maine

How the ranking works

  • For every procedure, we take the hospital's lowest outpatient cash price and compare it with the median of all Maine hospitals that publish a cash price for the same code (only codes with at least three hospitals in the state).
  • "Typical price" is the middle of those comparisons: half of the hospital's procedures are cheaper than that, half are dearer. One expensive surgery does not outweigh a hundred cheap lab tests, and the other way round.
  • Hospitals with fewer than 30 comparable procedures are left out: with a handful of codes the place would be decided by chance.
  • Prices far below every other hospital are worth a phone call: some price files list only part of a service (for example the facility fee without the doctor's fee), or a discount that depends on income.
  • A low rank does not mean every price is low. Open the hospital to see the procedure you need, then ask its billing office for a Good Faith Estimate in writing.