CMS Price Transparency Data

Blood test, vitamin B12

Facility: Forrest City Medical Center

Billing Code: 82607 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$140

about 9.3× the $15 Medicare rate · typically $36–$197

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $15 Fair price $140 Cash price $225 Hospital's list price $375

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser Permanente

Crossed out = this hospital hasn’t published a negotiated price for that insurer for this procedure. It doesn’t necessarily mean they aren’t accepted — ask your insurer.

Insurance company	Price range	vs. Medicare
UnitedHealthcaremajor	$365	2420%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$18	119%
Aetnamajor	$300 - $338	1989%
Cignamajor	$195	1293%
Humanamajor	$281	1863%
Ambetter (Centene)	$544	3607%
+ 1 smaller / regional plan	$188

Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 225), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 82607.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Forrest City Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 82607.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

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