CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, chest (no contrast)

Facility: Mary Greeley Medical Center

Billing Code: 71250 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$112

about 1.0× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $101–$376

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$102

About the fair price

about $10 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $112 This hospital $102 Cash price $1,801 Hospital's list price $2,401

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How this hospital compares to other IA hospitals

A typical price — 3 charge more and 5 charge less, among the 9 IA hospitals compared.

Cheapest $47 Priciest $106

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

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a CT scan, chest (no contrast) is about $112 (about 1.0× the $107 Medicare rate). Mary Greeley Medical Center charges insurers about $102, or about $1,801 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Ames, IA.

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Humana CignaKaiser 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	$100 - $1,330	94%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$96 - $306	90%
Aetnamajor	$100 - $2,161	94%
Humanamajor	$105	98%
HealthPartners	$1,767	1654%
Molina	$97 - $102	91%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$97 - $2,281

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

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 1,801), 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: 71250.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Mary Greeley Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 71250.
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 Mary Greeley Medical Center

Compare: CT scan, chest (no contrast) at other IA hospitals

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