72/100
#577 nationally
Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital
123 Medical Center Drive, Brunswick, ME 04011 · (207) 729-0181
Charges moderately above what care is paid for
For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital billed $3.66 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
- 3.7x
- volume-weighted across all its priced work
- Procedures priced
- 61
- inpatient and outpatient combined
- Rank in ME
- #5
- lower markup ranks higher
- CMS quality stars
- 3/5
- 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 78% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 77% of U.S. hospitals.
Better than 58% 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 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
332 | $9,956 | $2,179 | -15% |
|
Comprehensive Observation Services
APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit |
212 | $15,582 | $2,523 | -20% |
|
Level 2 Urology and Related Services
APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit |
190 | $824 | $642 | -74% |
|
Level 1 Endovascular Procedures
APC 5191 · Hospital outpatient visit |
101 | $15,975 | $3,025 | -37% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
94 | $5,905 | $1,757 | -50% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
88 | $4,886 | $1,896 | -62% |
|
Level 4 Urology and Related Services
APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit |
84 | $12,995 | $3,091 | -37% |
|
Heart Failure (severe)
MS-DRG 291 · Inpatient stay |
79 | $26,475 | $10,247 | -39% |
|
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage
APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit |
77 | $5,788 | $1,476 | -43% |
|
Sepsis (severe)
MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay |
68 | $44,330 | $14,772 | -32% |
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 |
$70,100 | $12,267 | +94% |
|
Level 3 Pacemaker and Similar Procedures
APC 5223 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$61,567 | $10,025 | +20% |
|
Digestive Disorder (severe)
MS-DRG 391 · Inpatient stay |
$44,565 | $11,424 | -13% |
|
Other Factors Influencing Health Status
MS-DRG 951 · Inpatient stay |
$19,050 | $5,007 | -13% |
|
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$34,541 | $6,722 | -13% |
|
Level 6 Musculoskeletal Procedures
APC 5116 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$71,408 | $17,471 | -14% |
|
Level 5 Urology and Related Services
APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$23,274 | $4,784 | -15% |
|
Level 1 Intraocular Procedures
APC 5491 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$9,956 | $2,179 | -15% |
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 |
$824 | $642 | -74% |
|
Level 3 Urology and Related Services
APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$4,886 | $1,896 | -62% |
|
Level 4 ENT Procedures
APC 5164 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$7,645 | $3,025 | -60% |
|
Gastrointestinal Bleeding (severe)
MS-DRG 377 · Inpatient stay |
$29,363 | $12,797 | -59% |
|
Pathological Fractures and Musculoskeletal and Connective Tissue Malignancy with
MS-DRG 543 · Inpatient stay |
$19,591 | $8,490 | -53% |
|
Red Blood Cell Disorders with Major Complications
MS-DRG 811 · Inpatient stay |
$28,128 | $10,655 | -50% |
|
Level 2 Upper GI Procedures
APC 5302 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,905 | $1,757 | -50% |
|
Level 3 Airway Endoscopy
APC 5153 · Hospital outpatient visit |
$5,827 | $1,595 | -49% |
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.