CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, pelvis

Facility: Trinity - Bettendorf

Billing Code: 76856 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$95

about 0.9× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $95–$97

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$97

About the fair price

about $2 over the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $95 This hospital $97 Cash price $216 Hospital's list price $270

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How this hospital compares to other IA hospitals

Highest price of the 9 IA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $31 Priciest $97

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

A fair price for a Ultrasound, pelvis is about $95 (about 0.9× the $107 Medicare rate). Trinity - Bettendorf charges insurers about $97, or about $216 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Bettendorf, IA.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 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	$32 - $273	30%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$31 - $219	29%
Aetnamajor	$30 - $287	28%
Cignamajor	$63 - $332	59%
Humanamajor	$32 - $103	30%
Ambetter (Centene)	$30 - $157	28%
Amerigroup	$92	86%
HealthPartners	$63 - $210	59%
Medica	$220 - $247	206%
Meridian	$32 - $103	30%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$30 - $100

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 216), 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: 76856.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Trinity - Bettendorf is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 76856.
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 Trinity - Bettendorf

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