Maine Hospitals & Federal Price Transparency Requirements

- new February 5, 2025

Public Law 2023, Chapter 584 (LD 1740), An Act to Protect a Patient's Access to Affordable Health Care with Timely Access to Health Care Prices, requires Maine hospital comply with the price transparency requirements established in 45 Code of Federal Regulations, Part 180, Subparts A and B, as in effect on January 1, 2024. The Maine Health Data Organization is required to determine if a hospital is not in material compliance with the federal requirements and to notify the hospital that is not in material compliance and require the hospital to take corrective action within 60 days to become materially compliant.

45 Code of Federal Regulations, PART 180—HOSPITAL PRICE TRANSPARENCY § 180.40 General requirements. A hospital must make public the following:

1. A machine-readable file containing a list of all standard charges for all items and services as provided in § 180.50. (specific requirements defined in federal regulation)
2. A consumer-friendly list of standard charges for a limited set of shoppable services as provided in § 180.60. (specific requirements defined in federal regulation)

The table below is a list of Maine hospitals and links to their machine-readable files (a) and their consumer-friendly information (b).

Hospital	Machine Readable File	Shoppable Services	Effective Date/ Last Updated
Cary Medical Center	https://www.carymedicalcenter.org/finance-billing/hospital-pricing/	Downloadable file at same link	8/1/2023
Central Maine Medical Center	https://www.cmhc.org/patients-and-visitors/billing-financial-information/price-transparency/	Price Estimate tool: https://cmhc.patientsimple.com/guest/#/estimates/patientestimate#1	7/1/2024
Bridgton Hospital	https://www.cmhc.org/patients-and-visitors/billing-financial-information/price-transparency/	Price Estimate tool: https://cmhc.patientsimple.com/guest/#/estimates/patientestimate#1	7/1/2024
Rumford Hospital	https://www.cmhc.org/patients-and-visitors/billing-financial-information/price-transparency/	Price Estimate tool: https://cmhc.patientsimple.com/guest/#/estimates/patientestimate#1	7/1/2024
Down East Community Hospital	https://www.dech.org/hospital-price-estimate/	Price Estimate tool: https://www.patientsimple.com/dech/estimates	7/1/2024
Houlton Regional Hospital	https://houltonregional.org/billing-2/price-transparency/	Downloadable file at same link	6/7/2024
MaineGeneral Medical Center	https://www.mainegeneral.org/patients-visitors/medical-fees-and-cost-of-care/	https://ezcost.info/MaineGeneral-Medical-Center/estimate_cost	1/1/2024
MaineHealth Franklin Hospital	https://www.mainehealth.org/patients-visitors/billing-and-financial-services	Hospital Price Index	6/5/2024
MaineHealth Lincoln Hospital	https://www.mainehealth.org/patients-visitors/billing-and-financial-services	Hospital Price Index	6/5/2024
MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Biddeford/Sanford	https://www.mainehealth.org/patients-visitors/billing-and-financial-services	Hospital Price Index	6/5/2024
MaineHealth Maine Medical Center Portland	https://www.mainehealth.org/patients-visitors/billing-and-financial-services	Hospital Price Index	6/5/2024
MaineHealth Mid Coast Hospital	https://www.mainehealth.org/patients-visitors/billing-and-financial-services	Hospital Price Index	6/5/2024
MaineHealth Stephens Hospital	https://www.mainehealth.org/patients-visitors/billing-and-financial-services	Hospital Price Index	6/5/2024
MaineHealth Pen Bay Hospital	https://www.mainehealth.org/patients-visitors/billing-and-financial-services	Hospital Price Index	6/5/2024
MaineHealth Behavioral Health	https://www.mainehealth.org/patients-visitors/billing-and-financial-services	Hospital Price Index	6/5/2024
MaineHealth Waldo Hospital	https://www.mainehealth.org/patients-visitors/billing-and-financial-services	Hospital Price Index	6/5/2024
Millinocket Regional Hospital	https://www.mrhme.org/patient-resources/hospital-pricing/	Downloadable file at same link. Patient Estimator: https://rcm.trubridge.com/remitreppcePortal/EstimateGeneration?Guid=c98afaafc8af4c79a4a49f1a942db894	7/1/2024
Mount Desert Island Hospital	https://www.mdihospital.org/insurance-and-billing/pricing/	Downloadable file/patient estimator at same link	6/4/2024 5/29/2024
Acadia Hospital	https://northernlighthealth.org/Resources/Price-Transparency/Standard-Charges/Machine-Readable-Files	Patient Estimator: https://northernlighthealth.patientsimple.com/guest/#/index	7/1/2024
Northern Light A.R. Gould Hospital	https://northernlighthealth.org/Resources/Price-Transparency/Standard-Charges/Machine-Readable-Files	Patient Estimator: https://northernlighthealth.patientsimple.com/guest/#/index	7/1/2024
Northern Light Blue Hill Hospital	https://northernlighthealth.org/Resources/Price-Transparency/Standard-Charges/Machine-Readable-Files	Patient Estimator: https://northernlighthealth.patientsimple.com/guest/#/index	7/1/2024
Northern Light C.A. Dean Hospital	https://northernlighthealth.org/Resources/Price-Transparency/Standard-Charges/Machine-Readable-Files	Patient Estimator: https://northernlighthealth.patientsimple.com/guest/#/index	7/1/2024
Northern Light Eastern Maine Medical Center	https://northernlighthealth.org/Resources/Price-Transparency/Standard-Charges/Machine-Readable-Files	Patient Estimator: https://northernlighthealth.patientsimple.com/guest/#/index	7/1/2024
Northern Light Inland Hospital	https://northernlighthealth.org/Resources/Price-Transparency/Standard-Charges/Machine-Readable-Files	Patient Estimator: https://northernlighthealth.patientsimple.com/guest/#/index	7/1/2024
Northern Light Maine Coast Hospital	https://northernlighthealth.org/Resources/Price-Transparency/Standard-Charges/Machine-Readable-Files	Patient Estimator: https://northernlighthealth.patientsimple.com/guest/#/index	7/1/2024
Northern Light Mayo Hospital	https://northernlighthealth.org/Resources/Price-Transparency/Standard-Charges/Machine-Readable-Files	Northern Light Mayo Hospital not included in estimator; link within the same page to the left.	7/1/2024
Northern Light Mercy Hospital	https://northernlighthealth.org/Resources/Price-Transparency/Standard-Charges/Machine-Readable-Files	Patient Estimator: https://northernlighthealth.patientsimple.com/guest/#/index	7/1/2024
Northern Light Sebasticook Valley	https://northernlighthealth.org/Resources/Price-Transparency/Standard-Charges/Machine-Readable-Files	Patient Estimator: https://northernlighthealth.patientsimple.com/guest/#/index	7/1/2024
Northern Maine Medical Center	https://nmmc.org/billing-and-financial-services/ (Under Pricing and Estimates tab)	https://www.patientsimple.com/nmmc/estimates	7/2/2024
Penobscot Valley Hospital	https://pvhme.org/patient-resources/price-transparency/	https://rcm.trubridge.com/remitreppcePortal/EstimateGeneration?Guid=5f34ab2e070d4b74b5d1b5f1bfd1a1a2	7/12/2024
Redington-Fairview General Hospital	https://www.rfgh.net/patientinformation/price-transparency.xhtml	Downloadable file at same link	May 2024 5/30/2024
St. Joseph Healthcare	https://stjosephbangor.org/pricing/	Select Covenant Health https://mychart.covh.org/mychart/guestestimates	7/1/2024
St. Mary's Health System	https://stmarysmaine.com/pricing/	Select Covenant Health https://mychart.covh.org/mychart/guestestimates	7/1/2024
York Hospitall	https://www.yorkhospital.com/patients-and-visitors/patient-price-list	Downloadable file at same link	2/1/2024 6/4/2024

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