Cheapest hospitals in Maine without insurance
Of 23 hospitals in Maine we can compare, Central Maine Medical Center (Lewiston) has the lowest cash prices: its typical outpatient price is 59% below the Maine median across 243 procedures. The ranking compares each hospital's own cash price with the median of all Maine hospitals, procedure by procedure.
Collected Sep 25, 2026 Hospitals with at least 30 comparable procedures
| Hospital | Typical price | Below median | Above median |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1. Central Maine Medical Center Lewiston | 59% below | 189 of 243 | 49 of 243 |
| 2. The Aroostook Medical Center Presque Isle | 52% below | 259 of 284 | 17 of 284 |
| 3. Eastern Maine Medical Center Bangor | 48% below | 274 of 312 | 24 of 312 |
| 4. Mercy Hospital Portland | 37% below | 246 of 287 | 28 of 287 |
| 5. Maine Coast Regional Health Facilities Ellsworth | 31% below | 197 of 262 | 61 of 262 |
| 6. Mayo Regional Hospital Dover Foxcroft | 24% below | 234 of 300 | 50 of 300 |
| 7. Sebasticook Valley Health Pittsfield | 23% below | 200 of 249 | 40 of 249 |
| 8. Acadia Hospital Bangor | 18% below | 74 of 107 | 30 of 107 |
| 9. Blue Hill Memorial Hospital Blue Hill | 17% below | 185 of 259 | 58 of 259 |
| 10. Rumford Hospital Rumford | 10% below | 144 of 203 | 51 of 203 |
| 11. Bridgton Hospital Bridgton | 3% below | 116 of 209 | 84 of 209 |
| 12. York Hospital York | at median | 161 of 372 | 187 of 372 |
| 13. St Mary's Regional Medical Center Lewiston | 5% above | 125 of 304 | 167 of 304 |
| 14. Charles A. Dean Memorial Hospital Greenville | 8% above | 64 of 232 | 149 of 232 |
| 15. MaineHealth Westbrook | 52% above | 6 of 43 | 36 of 43 |
| 16. MaineHealth Brunswick | 58% above | 62 of 273 | 193 of 273 |
| 17. MaineHealth Farmington | 63% above | 51 of 281 | 226 of 281 |
| 18. MaineHealth Portland | 64% above | 44 of 325 | 269 of 325 |
| 19. MaineHealth Rockport | 64% above | 58 of 313 | 237 of 313 |
| 20. MaineHealth Belfast | 68% above | 51 of 297 | 241 of 297 |
| 21. MaineHealth Damariscotta | 78% above | 64 of 278 | 206 of 278 |
| 22. MaineHealth Biddeford | 83% above | 33 of 295 | 254 of 295 |
| 23. MaineHealth Norway | 96% above | 46 of 270 | 222 of 270 |
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.