CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (with contrast)

Facility: Cass County Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 74177 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$911

about 2.6× the $356 Medicare rate · typically $257–$2,050

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$877

About the fair price

about $34 under the fair price · 2.5× Medicare

Medicare pays $356 Fair price $911 This hospital $877 Cash price $2,374 Hospital's list price $3,392

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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 $133 Priciest $877

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

A fair price for a CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (with contrast) is about $911 (about 2.6× the $356 Medicare rate). Cass County Memorial Hospital charges insurers about $877, or about $2,374 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Atlantic, IA.

What each insurance company pays

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

3 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna CignaHumanaKaiser 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	$516 - $1,425	145%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$877 - $1,439	246%
Aetnamajor	$1,425 - $3,222	400%
Amerigroup	$1,425	400%
Medica	$1,425 - $2,985	400%
Molina	$1,453	408%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$1,453 - $1,567

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

Excludes 5 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 2,374), 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: 74177.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Cass County Memorial Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 74177.
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 Cass County Memorial Hospital

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