CMS Price Transparency Data

Breathing treatment (nebulizer)

Facility: City of Hope National Medical Center

Billing Code: 94640 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$186

about 0.8× the $224 Medicare rate · typically $19–$415

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $224 Fair price $186 Cash price $331 Hospital's list price $662

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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✓ Kaiser Permanente Humana

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	$178 - $531	80%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$159 - $468	71%
Aetnamajor	$318 - $342	142%
Cignamajor	$341 - $367	152%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$286 - $307	128%
Health Net	$11 - $400	5%
Molina	$318 - $444	142%
Sentara	$9 - $26	4%
+ 9 smaller / regional plans	$11 - $444

Excludes 3 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 331), 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: 94640.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm City of Hope National Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 94640.
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.

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