CMS Price Transparency Data
Colorectal cancer screening (alternative)
Facility: Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center
Billing Code: G0145 (HCPCS)
The BaseRate · fair price high confidence
A fair price for this
$33
about 1.3× the $26 Medicare rate · typically $29–$49
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $26 Fair price $33 Cash price $191 Hospital's list price $294
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 | $26 - $294 | 98% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $26 | 98% |
| Aetnamajor | $26 - $72 | 98% |
| Cignamajor | $209 | 789% |
| Ambetter (Centene) | $44 | 166% |
| GEHA | $26 | 98% |
| HealthPartners | $193 | 729% |
| Medica | $209 | 789% |
| Medical Mutual | $72 | 272% |
| Oscar Health | $41 | 155% |
| + 14 smaller / regional plans | $26 - $209 |
Government programs also on file: Medicare.
Excludes 3 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at Mercyone Waterloo Medical Center
Compare: Colorectal cancer screening (alternative) at other IA hospitals
- Mary Greeley Medical Center · Ames $26
- Genesis Medical Center-Davenport · Davenport $26
- Mercyone Oelwein Medical Center · Oelwein $26
- Unitypoint Health - Marshalltown · Marshalltown $27
- Trinity Muscatine · Muscatine $27
- Trinity Regional Medical Center · Fort Dodge $27
- St Lukes Hospital · Cedar Rapids $27
- Unitypoint Health - Des Moines Iowa Methodist Medi · Des Moines $27
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.