CMS Price Transparency Data

X-ray, chest (two views)

Facility: Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center - Plymouth

Billing Code: 71046 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$164

about 1.8× the $89 Medicare rate · typically $53–$176

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$175

About the fair price

about $11 over the fair price · 2.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $89 Fair price $164 This hospital $175 Cash price $317 Hospital's list price $487

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How this hospital compares to other IN hospitals

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

Cheapest $21 Priciest $175

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

A fair price for a X-ray, chest (two views) is about $164 (about 1.8× the $89 Medicare rate). Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center - Plymouth charges insurers about $175, or about $317 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Plymouth, IN.

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	$48 - $310	54%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$48 - $325	54%
Aetnamajor	$48 - $317	54%
Cignamajor	$351	395%
AvMed	$438	493%
CareSource	$143	161%
Dean Health Plan	$438	493%
GEHA	$310	349%
Health Net	$351 - $375	395%
HealthPartners	$351	395%
Medical Mutual	$317	357%
Meridian	$92	103%
MVP Health Care	$351	395%
Paramount	$438	493%
Priority Health	$351	395%
+ 53 smaller / regional plans	$92 - $487

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

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 317), 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: 71046.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center - Plymouth is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 71046.
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 Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center - Plymouth

Compare: X-ray, chest (two views) at other IN hospitals

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