CMS Price Transparency Data

Inguinal hernia repair

Facility: Richardson Medical Center

Billing Code: 49505 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$2,896

about 0.8× the $3,658 Medicare rate · typically $2,044–$4,544

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $3,658 Fair price $2,896 Cash price $1,301 Hospital's list price $1,735

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.

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	$698	19%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$868 - $5,431	24%
Aetnamajor	$1,301 - $1,388	36%
Cignamajor	$954	26%
Humanamajor	$1,301	36%
AmeriHealth	$698	19%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$698 - $1,388

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 4 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 1,301), 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: 49505.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Richardson Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 49505.
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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