Heart attack, with complications in Maine

MS-DRG 281: Acute myocardial infarction, discharged alive with cc

$28,773typical hospital bill

$8,839typical amount paid

$7,987–$9,962range paid across 7 hospitals

Maine hospitals billed Medicare a typical $28,773 for this stay in 2024, about 3.3 times what was actually paid. Medicare's payment depends mostly on the hospital's location and teaching role; the bill depends on the hospital's own price list, so bills vary far more than payments.

Billed (list price)Actually paid (Medicare + patient)

Hospital	City	Medicare stays	Billed	Paid
Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital	Brunswick	11	$27,455	$7,987
Central Maine Medical Center	Lewiston	13	$28,773	$7,994
St Joseph Hospital	Bangor	19	$22,272	$8,052
Mainehealth Maine Medical Center	Portland	54	$34,892	$8,839
Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital	Rockport	11	$29,005	$8,946
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center	Bangor	91	$44,001	$9,221
Maine General Medical Center	Augusta	21	$25,932	$9,962

Medicare: CMS, 2024 (hospitals with 11 or more Medicare stays). Cash and insurer prices: hospitals' own price files, where read; insurer figures are commercial plans only, median and 10th–90th percentile across plans.