CMS Price Transparency Data

X-ray, lower back

Facility: Treasure Valley Hospital

Billing Code: 72110 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$101

about 0.9× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $69–$110

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$105

About the fair price

about $4 over the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $101 This hospital $105 Cash price $155 Hospital's list price $377

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How this hospital compares to other ID hospitals

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

Cheapest $23 Priciest $105

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

A fair price for a X-ray, lower back is about $101 (about 0.9× the $107 Medicare rate). Treasure Valley Hospital charges insurers about $105, or about $155 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Boise, ID.

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✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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	$101 - $334	95%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$105 - $172	98%
Aetnamajor	$290 - $334	272%
Cignamajor	$280 - $322	262%
GEHA	$298 - $343	279%
Health Net	$109 - $343	102%
Moda Health	$301 - $347	282%
PacificSource	$267 - $308	250%
SelectHealth	$101 - $151	95%
+ 12 smaller / regional plans	$93 - $371

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 7 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 155), 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: 72110.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Treasure Valley Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 72110.
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 Treasure Valley Hospital

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