74/100
#508 nationally
Central Maine Medical Center
300 Main Street, Lewiston, ME 04240 · (207) 795-0111
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Central Maine Medical Center billed $3.54 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
- 3.5x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 66
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in ME
- #2
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 4/5
- 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 68% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 74% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 75% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 87% 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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
272 | $777 | $630 | -75% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
121 | $34,953 | $10,980 | -19% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
120 | $13,391 | $2,486 | -31% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
114 | $53,196 | $16,559 | -18% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
102 | $13,537 | $2,932 | -29% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
97 | $9,348 | $1,759 | -20% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
93 | $7,842 | $1,439 | -22% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
87 | $5,449 | $1,831 | -58% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
58 | $20,060 | $4,783 | -27% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
56 | $14,972 | $3,176 | -27% |
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 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$68,665 | $10,159 | about average |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$52,201 | $9,862 | about average |
|
Skin Infection (without major complications)
MS-DRG 603 · Inpatient stay |
$29,472 | $8,013 | -3% |
|
Fluid and Electrolyte Disorder (without major complications)
MS-DRG 641 · Inpatient stay |
$28,653 | $6,839 | -6% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization with Major
MS-DRG 286 · Inpatient stay |
$80,388 | $18,725 | -9% |
|
Level 3 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5073 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,719 | $2,563 | -11% |
|
Respiratory Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay |
$48,879 | $14,249 | -11% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$30,236 | $5,283 | -13% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$777 | $630 | -75% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,449 | $1,831 | -58% |
|
Heart Attack (severe)
MS-DRG 280 · Inpatient stay |
$30,795 | $12,700 | -50% |
|
Respiratory Failure
MS-DRG 189 · Inpatient stay |
$24,575 | $10,499 | -49% |
|
Stroke (with complications)
MS-DRG 065 · Inpatient stay |
$24,532 | $8,800 | -46% |
|
Stroke (severe)
MS-DRG 064 · Inpatient stay |
$42,819 | $15,554 | -44% |
|
Irregular Heartbeat (severe)
MS-DRG 308 · Inpatient stay |
$26,976 | $10,190 | -43% |
|
Circulatory Disorders Except Heart Attack, with Cardiac Catheterization without Major
MS-DRG 287 · Inpatient stay |
$31,115 | $10,792 | -43% |
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.