CMS Price Transparency Data
Blood test, glucose (blood sugar)
Facility: Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center
Billing Code: 82947 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price high confidence
A fair price for this
$8
about 2.0× the $4 Medicare rate · typically $4–$10
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $4 Fair price $8 Hospital's list price $45
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✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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 | $4 - $45 | 102% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $4 - $8 | 102% |
| Aetnamajor | $4 - $21 | 102% |
| Cignamajor | $32 | 814% |
| Ambetter (Centene) | $7 - $13 | 178% |
| GEHA | $4 - $8 | 102% |
| HealthPartners | $30 | 763% |
| Medica | $32 | 814% |
| Medical Mutual | $11 - $21 | 280% |
| Oscar Health | $6 - $12 | 153% |
| + 15 smaller / regional plans | $4 - $45 |
Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.
Excludes 3 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
Self-Pay How to get the cash price
Insurance Before you use insurance
Other Procedures at Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center
Compare: Blood test, glucose (blood sugar) at other IA hospitals
- Floyd County Medical Center · Charles City $2
- Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown · Marshalltown $4
- Trinity Muscatine · Muscatine $4
- Trinity Regional Medical Center · Fort Dodge $4
- CHI Health Mercy Council Bluffs · Council Bluffs $4
- University of Iowa Health Care Medical Center Down · Iowa City $4
- Mary Greeley Medical Center · Ames $4
- Genesis Medical Center-Davenport · Davenport $4
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.