CMS Price Transparency Data

Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic)

Facility: St Mary's Hospital

Billing Code: 47562 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$1,270

about 0.2× the $6,176 Medicare rate · typically $568–$3,092

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $6,176 Fair price $1,270 Cash price $1,163 Hospital's list price $1,551

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

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	$569 - $1,267	9%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$503 - $1,006	8%
Aetnamajor	$910	15%
GEHA	$1,504	24%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$569 - $1,520

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

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (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 1,163), 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: 47562.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm St Mary's Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 47562.
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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

Deductible left to meet ($)

Your coinsurance (%)

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Other Procedures at St Mary's Hospital

Compare: Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) at other ID hospitals

Kootenai Health · Coeur D'Alene $876
Teton Valley Hospital · Driggs $921
Caribou Medical Center · Soda Springs $1,143
Benewah Community Hospital · Saint Maries $1,351
Bear Lake Memorial Hospital · Montpelier $3,686
West Valley Medical Center · Caldwell $4,800
Grove Creek Medical Center · Blackfoot $5,045
Treasure Valley Hospital · Boise $5,282

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