CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (with contrast)

Facility: Boundary Community Hospital

Billing Code: 74177 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$177

about 0.5× the $356 Medicare rate · typically $139–$928

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$168

About the fair price

about $9 under the fair price · 0.5× Medicare

Medicare pays $356 Fair price $177 This hospital $168 Cash price $902 Hospital's list price $1,128

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How this hospital compares to other ID hospitals

One of the lower prices — 6 of 8 other ID hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $158 Priciest $368

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 CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (with contrast) is about $177 (about 0.5× the $356 Medicare rate). Boundary Community Hospital charges insurers about $168, or about $902 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Bonners Ferry, 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	$56 - $1,659	16%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$172 - $7,564	48%
Aetnamajor	$231 - $1,269	65%
Cignamajor	$72 - $4,348	20%
Molina	$80 - $1,171	22%
PacificSource	$294 - $1,893	82%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$146 - $1,841

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 902), 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 Boundary Community 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 Boundary Community Hospital

Compare: CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (with contrast) at other ID hospitals

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