CMS Price Transparency Data

Drug screening test

Facility: Childrens Hospital

Billing Code: G0480 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$157

about 1.4× the $114 Medicare rate · typically $48–$331

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $114 Fair price $157 Cash price $129 Hospital's list price $166

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	$12 - $428	10%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$12 - $333	10%
Aetnamajor	$13 - $422	11%
Cignamajor	$12 - $455	10%
Humanamajor	$12 - $454	10%
Ambetter (Centene)	$12 - $319	10%
CDPHP	$16 - $428	14%
Harvard Pilgrim	$12 - $341	10%
Tufts Health Plan	$12 - $310	10%
UniCare	$339	296%
+ 8 smaller / regional plans	$12 - $454

Excludes 2 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 129), 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: G0480.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Childrens Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for HCPCS code G0480.
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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

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