CMS Price Transparency Data

Office visit, established patient (20-29 min)

Facility: Tufts Medical Center

Billing Code: 99213 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$134

about 1.4× the $95 Medicare rate · typically $61–$275

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$84

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $50 under the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $95 Fair price $134 This hospital $84 Cash price $240 Hospital's list price $343

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other MA hospitals

On the higher side — 6 of 8 other MA hospitals charge less.

Cheapest $30 Priciest $102

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) is about $134 (about 1.4× the $95 Medicare rate). Tufts Medical Center charges insurers about $84, or about $240 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Boston, MA.

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	$91 - $361	96%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$97 - $361	102%
Aetnamajor	$56 - $348	59%
Cignamajor	$15 - $271	16%
AmeriHealth	$63 - $190	66%
AvMed	$63 - $190	66%
GEHA	$63 - $190	66%
Harvard Pilgrim	$91 - $361	96%
Tufts Health Plan	$13 - $361	14%
WellSense	$47 - $193	49%
+ 110 smaller / regional plans	$63 - $439

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 12 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 240), 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: 99213.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Tufts Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 99213.
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 Tufts Medical Center

Compare: Office visit, established patient (20-29 min) at other MA hospitals

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.