Hepatitis B immune globulin cost in ID
What a hepatitis b immune globulin costs at ID hospitals — and the fair price to aim for.
Typical commercial prices here are 8% below the fair benchmark (0.92×) after accounting for local nurse/doctor wages and patient complexity.
Balances commercial hospital prices against CMS clinical safety, infection control, and patient experience.
Loss-Leader / Captive Ancillary Cross-Subsidizer
Cassia Regional Hospital prices routine shoppable procedures near 4.6× Medicare (p50 2.92×) while skewing captive emergency, lab, and upper-quartile codes to 8.9× Medicare (p75 4.78×, +64% upper-tail jump). Patients scheduling elective outpatient care can capture competitive rates, but emergency and ancillary bills require strict line-item auditing.
Where They're Good (Patient & Payer Edge)
- Bottom-quartile procedures (Q25) price at 1.04× the peer BaseRate benchmark
- Self-pay cash beats commercial insurance on 0% of shoppable procedures (99/100 Cash Honesty)
- CMS clinical safety score (72/100 safety score) with 67% patient recommendation
- IRS 501(c)(3) charity care provides free care up to 200% FPL and discounted care up to 400% FPL (36.3% AGB cap)
Where You Can Get Burned (Markup Traps)
- Outpatient surgery & OR suites carry a 1.4× markup over Medicare rates
- Captive ER (1.4×) & laboratory (1.4×) services average 1.93× higher multiples than routine shoppable care (4.6×)
- Upper-quartile procedures (Q75 4.78×) jump +64% above the median procedure ratio (Q50 2.92×)
- Unnegotiated chargemaster list prices average 9.2× Medicare (14¢ true HCRIS cost per $1 gross)
Pre-scheduled outpatient procedures where patients can comparison-shop.
Emergency, inpatient DRG, lab, and specialty drug lines billed after admission.
Detects median-gaming when upper-quartile codes spike above the p50 median.
In general, ID hospitals charge about the fair price for this. how we calculate the BaseRate →
Compared with the rest of the country, ID’s fair BaseRate ($145) is about the same as the national fair price of $161.
Cheapest ID hospitals for a hepatitis b immune globulin
- Cassia Regional Hospital · Burley $128
- Grove Creek Medical Center · Blackfoot $137
- Northwest Specialty Hospital · Post Falls $138
- Madison Memorial Hospital · Rexburg $139
- Kootenai Health · Coeur D'Alene $139
- Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center · Idaho Falls $158
- West Valley Medical Center · Caldwell $234
- Saint Alphonsus Regional Medical Center · Boise $295
- Saint Alphonsus Medical Center - Nampa · Nampa $325
Audit a Bill or Quote at ID Hospital Benchmark (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $121
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $121).
Compare Prompt-Pay Cash Rate Against Remaining Deductible
Ask ID Hospital Benchmark's billing desk for their written 45 CFR § 180 discounted self-pay cash price and Good Faith Estimate under the No Surprises Act.
Negotiate Toward $145 Fair BaseRate ($84 Medicare)
Your bill ($334) is $189 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($145) and 4.0× the $84 Medicare rate.