85/100
#184 nationally
Cary Medical Center
163 Van Buren Rd, Suite 1, Caribou, ME 04736 · (207) 498-3111
Charges close to what care is actually paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Cary Medical Center billed $3.02 in list charges. That gap does not change a Medicare patient's bill — but it is where an uninsured or out-of-network bill starts.
- Charge-to-payment
- 3.0x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 15
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in ME
- #1
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 1/5
- shown for context, not in the grade
How this grade was reached
Each component is scored against every other U.S. hospital in the same federal files, so the grade is a position in the country, not a pass mark we invented.
Better than 94% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 81% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 85% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 68% of U.S. hospitals.
What this hospital treats most
The ten procedures it billed Medicare for most often, with its charge beside the national middle.
| Procedure | Patients | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
84 | $8,886 | $2,349 | -54% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
54 | $1,549 | $586 | -51% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
46 | $6,905 | $2,000 | -41% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
28 | $12,044 | $2,991 | -42% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
21 | $45,921 | $11,280 | -26% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
18 | $14,128 | $7,575 | -56% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
18 | $27,944 | $17,708 | -57% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
18 | $24,659 | $4,951 | -30% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
18 | $4,395 | $1,748 | -66% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
17 | $16,692 | $2,735 | -13% |
Where its charges run furthest above the national middle
Only procedures it performed at least eleven times, so a single unusual case cannot produce the headline.
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$11,674 | $1,657 | about average |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$16,692 | $2,735 | -13% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$13,189 | $2,438 | -25% |
|
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$45,921 | $11,280 | -26% |
|
Level 1 Laparoscopy and Related Services
APC 5361 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$24,659 | $4,951 | -30% |
|
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,748 | $2,777 | -37% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,905 | $2,000 | -41% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,044 | $2,991 | -42% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,395 | $1,748 | -66% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$15,929 | $9,325 | -59% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
$18,395 | $11,429 | -58% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
$27,944 | $17,708 | -57% |
|
Pneumonia (with complications)
MS-DRG 194 · Inpatient stay |
$14,128 | $7,575 | -56% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$8,886 | $2,349 | -54% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,549 | $586 | -51% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$12,044 | $2,991 | -42% |
What this page cannot tell you
- It is not your bill. These are averages across Medicare patients. What you pay depends on your insurance, your plan's negotiated rate and your own case.
- It is not a quality rating. A hospital with a high markup may be excellent, and one with a low markup may not be. We checked: across every U.S. hospital, markup and the CMS quality star rating barely move together.
- A charge is not a cost. Hospitals do not collect their list charges from insured patients. The number matters because it is the opening figure on an uninsured or out-of-network bill.
- Ask for the real number. Every U.S. hospital must publish a machine-readable price file and give you a written good-faith estimate on request.