CMS Price Transparency Data

Drug screening test

Facility: Alhambra Hospital Medical Center

Billing Code: G0480 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$111

about 1.0× the $114 Medicare rate · typically $66–$143

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $114 Fair price $111 Cash price $109 Hospital's list price $109

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.

6 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	$17 - $229	15%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$16 - $713	14%
Aetnamajor	$14 - $236	12%
Cignamajor	$22 - $186	19%
Humanamajor	$17 - $114	15%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$15 - $256	13%
Health Net	$17 - $141	15%
HealthPartners	$17 - $64	15%
Molina	$19 - $161	17%
WellCare	$17 - $145	15%
+ 14 smaller / regional plans	$15 - $269

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 6 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 109), 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 HCPCS code on your bill matches exactly: G0480.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Alhambra Hospital Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for HCPCS code G0480.
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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