68/100
#699 nationally
Maine General Medical Center
35 Medical Center Parkway, Augusta, ME 04330 · (207) 626-1000
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Maine General 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
- 72
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in ME
- #8
- 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 79% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 63% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 54% 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 |
406 | $1,038 | $668 | -67% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
185 | $6,790 | $2,000 | -47% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
141 | $8,075 | $1,818 | -31% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
135 | $57,557 | $21,117 | -12% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
133 | $7,108 | $1,541 | -29% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
100 | $44,762 | $13,533 | +3% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
100 | $15,209 | $2,288 | +29% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
98 | $14,524 | $3,423 | -30% |
|
Level 3 Vascular Procedures
APC 5183 · Hospital outpatient visit |
89 | $16,108 | $3,130 | -16% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
83 | $34,734 | $6,823 | -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 |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Psychoses
MS-DRG 885 · Inpatient stay |
$65,487 | $16,305 | +82% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$15,209 | $2,288 | +29% |
|
Urinary Tract Infection (severe)
MS-DRG 689 · Inpatient stay |
$47,335 | $11,756 | +16% |
|
Sepsis (without major complications)
MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay |
$45,089 | $13,476 | +15% |
|
Major Small and Large Bowel Procedures with Complications
MS-DRG 330 · Inpatient stay |
$113,317 | $27,909 | +13% |
|
Other Factors Influencing Health Status
MS-DRG 951 · Inpatient stay |
$24,347 | $6,291 | +11% |
|
Pulmonary Embolism with Major Complications or Acute Cor Pulmonale
MS-DRG 175 · Inpatient stay |
$57,830 | $18,512 | +6% |
|
Level 2 Breast/lymphatic Surgery and Related Procedures
APC 5092 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$41,866 | $6,403 | +6% |
Where it charges least relative to everyone else
| Procedure | Charged | Actually paid | vs national |
|---|---|---|---|
|
Level 1 Nerve Procedures
APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,724 | $1,836 | -67% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$1,038 | $668 | -67% |
|
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$3,828 | $1,578 | -66% |
|
Level 5 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5155 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$17,812 | $6,720 | -54% |
|
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$33,967 | $10,790 | -50% |
|
Heart Attack (uncomplicated)
MS-DRG 282 · Inpatient stay |
$19,694 | $8,154 | -49% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$6,790 | $2,000 | -47% |
|
Level 2 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5192 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$18,550 | $5,612 | -46% |
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.