CMS Price Transparency Data

Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic)

Facility: Melissa Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 47562 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$1,306

about 0.2× the $6,176 Medicare rate · typically $667–$5,568

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $6,176 Fair price $1,306 Cash price $5,020 Hospital's list price $6,276

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.

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

✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana UnitedHealthcareKaiser 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
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$629 - $9,506	10%
Aetnamajor	$818 - $10,490	13%
Cignamajor	$10,371	168%
Humanamajor	$629 - $10,273	10%
Medica	$9,733	158%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$1,650 - $10,273

Government programs also on file: Medicare.

Excludes 4 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 5,020), 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: 47562.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Melissa Memorial Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 47562.
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

Deductible left to meet ($)

Your coinsurance (%)

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Other Procedures at Melissa Memorial Hospital

Compare: Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) at other CO hospitals

Children's Hospital Colorado · Aurora $881
Montrose Regional Health · Montrose $1,051
Gunnison Valley Hospital · Gunnison $1,071
Boulder Community Health · Boulder $1,293
St Thomas More Hospital · Canon City $5,461
Craig Hospital · Englewood $5,793
Uchealth Greeley Hospital · Greeley $5,834
Poudre Valley Hospital · Fort Collins $5,863

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.