CMS Price Transparency Data
Drug screening test
Facility: Tufts Medical Center
Billing Code: G0480 (HCPCS)
The BaseRate · fair price high confidence
A fair price for this
$136
about 1.2× the $114 Medicare rate · typically $100–$298
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $114 Fair price $136 Cash price $193 Hospital's list price $275
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 | $220 - $359 | 192% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $148 - $282 | 129% |
| Aetnamajor | $96 - $177 | 84% |
| Cignamajor | $244 - $471 | 213% |
| AmeriHealth | $96 | 84% |
| AvMed | $96 | 84% |
| GEHA | $96 | 84% |
| Harvard Pilgrim | $326 - $359 | 285% |
| Tufts Health Plan | $78 - $471 | 68% |
| WellSense | $72 - $98 | 63% |
| + 105 smaller / regional plans | $96 - $359 |
Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.
Excludes 12 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at Tufts Medical Center
Compare: Drug screening test at other MA hospitals
- Boston Medical Center · Boston $114
- Boston Medical Center-Brighton · Brighton $114
- Good Samaritan Medical Center · Brockton $114
- Metrowest Medical Center · Framingham $114
- St Vincent Hospital · Worcester $114
- Holyoke Medical Center · Holyoke $118
- Southcoast Hospitals Group · Fall River $118
- UMass Memorial Health - Harrington Hospital · Southbridge $120
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.