CMS Price Transparency Data

X-ray, lower back

Facility: Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center - Plymouth

Billing Code: 72110 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$195

about 1.8× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $83–$195

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$171

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $24 under the fair price · 1.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $195 This hospital $171 Cash price $556 Hospital's list price $856

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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 $23 Priciest $171

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 IN 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 X-ray, lower back is about $195 (about 1.8× the $107 Medicare rate). Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center - Plymouth charges insurers about $171, or about $556 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. 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	$57 - $545	53%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$57 - $391	53%
Aetnamajor	$57 - $556	53%
Cignamajor	$616	577%
AvMed	$770	721%
CareSource	$171	160%
Dean Health Plan	$770	721%
GEHA	$545	510%
Health Net	$616 - $659	577%
HealthPartners	$616	577%
Medical Mutual	$556	521%
Meridian	$111	104%
MVP Health Care	$616	577%
Paramount	$770	721%
Priority Health	$616	577%
+ 53 smaller / regional plans	$91 - $856

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 556), 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 Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center - Plymouth 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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