CMS Price Transparency Data

Drug screening test

Facility: West Valley Medical Center

Billing Code: G0480 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$118

about 1.0× the $114 Medicare rate · typically $86–$167

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$114

About the fair price

about $4 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $114 Fair price $118 This hospital $114 Cash price $404 Hospital's list price $404

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How this hospital compares to other ID hospitals

One of the lower prices — 2 of 8 other ID hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $103 Priciest $172

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

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Drug screening test is about $118 (about 1.0× the $114 Medicare rate). West Valley Medical Center charges insurers about $114, or about $404 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Caldwell, ID.

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	$114 - $241	100%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$99 - $12,015	87%
Aetnamajor	$319	279%
Cignamajor	$226	198%
Humanamajor	$114 - $339	100%
HealthPartners	$114	100%
Moda Health	$252	220%
Molina	$99 - $114	87%
PacificSource	$241	211%
SelectHealth	$129	113%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$114 - $364

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 404), 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 West Valley Medical 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 West Valley Medical Center

Compare: Drug screening test at other ID hospitals

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