CMS Price Transparency Data

X-ray, shoulder

Facility: Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center - Plymouth

Billing Code: 73030 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$143

about 1.6× the $89 Medicare rate · typically $45–$154

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$140

About the fair price

about $3 under the fair price · 1.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $89 Fair price $143 This hospital $140 Cash price $452 Hospital's list price $696

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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 $15 Priciest $140

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, shoulder is about $143 (about 1.6× the $89 Medicare rate). Saint Joseph Regional Medical Center - Plymouth charges insurers about $140, or about $452 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 - $532	54%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$48 - $325	54%
Aetnamajor	$48 - $543	54%
Cignamajor	$401 - $601	451%
AvMed	$501 - $752	563%
CareSource	$143	161%
Dean Health Plan	$501 - $752	563%
GEHA	$355 - $532	399%
Health Net	$401 - $643	451%
HealthPartners	$401 - $601	451%
Medical Mutual	$362 - $543	407%
Meridian	$92	103%
MVP Health Care	$401 - $601	451%
Paramount	$501 - $752	563%
Priority Health	$401 - $601	451%
+ 53 smaller / regional plans	$41 - $835

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 452), 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: 73030.

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 73030.
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

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