CMS Price Transparency Data

X-ray, pelvis

Facility: Trinity Health Oakland Hospital

Billing Code: 72170 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$48

about 0.4× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $13–$89

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$59

Above the fair price

about $11 over the fair price · 0.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $48 This hospital $59 Cash price $164 Hospital's list price $253

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other MI hospitals

Highest price of the 9 MI hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $22 Priciest $59

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

A fair price for a X-ray, pelvis is about $48 (about 0.4× the $107 Medicare rate). Trinity Health Oakland Hospital charges insurers about $59, or about $164 in cash — above the fair price. Located in Pontiac, MI.

This price is above the fair BaseRate — you may be able to pay less

Ask the hospital for the cash / self-pay price, check whether you qualify for financial assistance, or negotiate the bill down toward the fair price of about $48. Many patients pay well below the first number they’re quoted — the checklists below walk you through it.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

6 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	$107 - $190	100%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$27 - $102	25%
Aetnamajor	$68 - $191	64%
Cignamajor	$188	176%
Humanamajor	$186	174%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$44	41%
AmeriHealth	$186	174%
CareSource	$35	33%
Dean Health Plan	$172	161%
GEHA	$68 - $190	64%
Health Net	$253	237%
HealthPartners	$184	172%
MagnaCare	$186	174%
Medical Mutual	$68	64%
Molina	$135	126%
MVP Health Care	$172	161%
Paramount	$172	161%
Priority Health	$60 - $66	56%
Tufts Health Plan	$184	172%
UniCare	$186	174%
+ 136 smaller / regional plans	$35 - $253

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

Excludes 11 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 164), 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: 72170.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Trinity Health Oakland Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 72170.
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.

How you’d pay

Deductible left to meet ($)

Your coinsurance (%)

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