CMS Price Transparency Data

Mental health services (assessment)

Facility: St Thomas More Hospital

Billing Code: H0031 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$240

modeled fair price · typically $105–$707

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$166

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $74 under the fair price

Fair price $240 This hospital $166 Cash price $208 Hospital's list price $520

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How this hospital compares to other CO hospitals

One of the lower prices — 6 of 8 other CO hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $93 Priciest $310

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

A fair price for a Mental health services (assessment) is about $240. St Thomas More Hospital charges insurers about $166, or about $208 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Canon City, CO.

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	$78 - $457	—
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$78 - $457	—
Aetnamajor	$78 - $468	—
Cignamajor	$78 - $447	—
Humanamajor	$78	—
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$78 - $447	—
Devoted Health	$78	—
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$78 - $426

Government programs also on file: Medicare.

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 208), 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: H0031.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm St Thomas More Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for HCPCS code H0031.
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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Other Procedures at St Thomas More Hospital

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