CMS Price Transparency Data

Injection procedure for pain management

Facility: Deaconess Illinois Crossroads

Billing Code: G0260 (HCPCS)

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A fair price for this

$722

about 1.0× the $721 Medicare rate · typically $498–$722

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$722

About the fair price

1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $721 Fair price $722 This hospital $722 Cash price $358 Hospital's list price $1,627

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How this hospital compares to other IL hospitals

A typical price — 0 charge more and 5 charge less, among the 9 IL hospitals compared.

Cheapest $246 Priciest $722

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

A fair price for a Injection procedure for pain management is about $722 (about 1.0× the $721 Medicare rate). Deaconess Illinois Crossroads charges insurers about $722, or about $358 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Mount Vernon, IL.

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	$722 - $1,075	100%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$612 - $881	85%
Aetnamajor	$722 - $1,561	100%
Cignamajor	$545 - $721	76%
Humanamajor	$722 - $1,446	100%
HealthLink	$1,120 - $1,576	155%
Meridian	$722	100%
Molina	$729	101%
WellCare	$722	100%
+ 15 smaller / regional plans	$490 - $2,057

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 358), 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: G0260.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Deaconess Illinois Crossroads is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for HCPCS code G0260.
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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