CMS Price Transparency Data

Drug screening test

Facility: Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs Hospital

Billing Code: G0480 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$108

about 0.9× the $114 Medicare rate · typically $66–$261

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$100

About the fair price

about $8 under the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $114 Fair price $108 This hospital $100 Cash price $257 Hospital's list price $644

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How this hospital compares to other CA hospitals

Highest price of the 9 CA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $83 Priciest $100

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 CA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Drug screening test is about $108 (about 0.9× the $114 Medicare rate). Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs Hospital charges insurers about $100, or about $257 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Murrieta, CA.

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	$92 - $137	80%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$70 - $722	61%
Aetnamajor	$341	298%
Cignamajor	$47 - $415	41%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$39 - $344	34%
Health Net	$42 - $396	37%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$50 - $1,041

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (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 257), 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 Southwest Healthcare Rancho Springs Hospital 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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