CMS Price Transparency Data

Drug screening test

Facility: Jefferson County Health Center

Billing Code: G0480 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$112

about 1.0× the $114 Medicare rate · typically $56–$266

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$125

About the fair price

about $13 over the fair price · 1.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $114 Fair price $112 This hospital $125 Cash price $77 Hospital's list price $129

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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 $77 Priciest $125

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

A fair price for a Drug screening test is about $112 (about 1.0× the $114 Medicare rate). Jefferson County Health Center charges insurers about $125, or about $77 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Fairfield, 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	$13 - $310	11%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$110	96%
Aetnamajor	$19 - $310	17%
Humanamajor	$16 - $138	14%
Amerigroup	$16 - $138	14%
Molina	$16 - $344	14%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$16 - $282

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, Military & VA.

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

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 77), 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: G0480.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Jefferson County Health Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for HCPCS code G0480.
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 Jefferson County Health Center

Compare: Drug screening test at other IA hospitals

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