CostGrade
C

61/100

#933 nationally

St Mary's Regional Medical Center

93 Campus Avenue - Po Box 291, Lewiston, ME 04243 · (207) 777-8100

Charges well above the national norm

For every $1 of care Medicare actually paid for here, St Mary's Regional Medical Center billed $4.44 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
4.4x
volume-weighted across all its priced work
Procedures priced
23
inpatient and outpatient combined
Rank in ME
#12
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.

Inpatient charge markup 27.4/35

Better than 78% of U.S. hospitals.

Outpatient charge markup 12.8/25

Better than 51% of U.S. hospitals.

Price level vs national median 17.3/30

Better than 58% of U.S. hospitals.

Price consistency 3.2/10

Better than 32% 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

212 $7,820 $2,342 -60%
Level 1 Nerve Procedures

APC 5431 · Hospital outpatient visit

108 $9,230 $1,664 -19%
Level 2 Urology and Related Services

APC 5372 · Hospital outpatient visit

93 $2,665 $593 -15%
Level 2 Excision/ Biopsy/ Incision and Drainage

APC 5072 · Hospital outpatient visit

50 $8,891 $1,385 -12%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

48 $5,875 $1,768 -55%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

42 $47,454 $6,094 +19%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

39 $39,840 $14,393 -39%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

33 $77,015 $11,412 +23%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

23 $34,538 $12,811 -37%
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major

MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay

21 $15,673 $7,524 -52%

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 5 Urology and Related Services

APC 5375 · Hospital outpatient visit

$40,026 $4,236 +46%
Level 3 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5113 · Hospital outpatient visit

$29,552 $2,810 +45%
Level 4 Urology and Related Services

APC 5374 · Hospital outpatient visit

$26,761 $2,854 +30%
Level 1 Abdominal/peritoneal/biliary and Related Procedures

APC 5341 · Hospital outpatient visit

$29,149 $3,004 +25%
Level 5 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5115 · Hospital outpatient visit

$77,015 $11,412 +23%
Level 4 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5114 · Hospital outpatient visit

$47,454 $6,094 +19%
Level 2 Musculoskeletal Procedures

APC 5112 · Hospital outpatient visit

$12,719 $1,395 +13%
Level 3 Endovascular Procedures

APC 5193 · Hospital outpatient visit

$75,001 $9,544 +11%

Where it charges least relative to everyone else

Procedure Charged Actually paid vs national
Comprehensive Observation Services

APC 8011 · Hospital outpatient visit

$7,820 $2,342 -60%
Level 3 Urology and Related Services

APC 5373 · Hospital outpatient visit

$5,875 $1,768 -55%
Alcohol, Drug Abuse or Dependence without Rehabilitation Therapy without Major

MS-DRG 897 · Inpatient stay

$15,673 $7,524 -52%
Kidney or Urinary Disorder (severe)

MS-DRG 698 · Inpatient stay

$30,531 $12,838 -46%
Sepsis (without major complications)

MS-DRG 872 · Inpatient stay

$21,324 $8,362 -46%
Kidney Failure (with complications)

MS-DRG 683 · Inpatient stay

$18,590 $7,777 -44%
Sepsis (severe)

MS-DRG 871 · Inpatient stay

$39,840 $14,393 -39%
Respiratory Infection (severe)

MS-DRG 177 · Inpatient stay

$34,538 $12,811 -37%

What this page cannot tell you

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  • 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.
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