CMS Price Transparency Data
Diagnostic procedure preparation
Facility: Mercy Health Lakeshore Campus
Billing Code: G0279 (HCPCS)
The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence
A fair price for this
$33
about 0.8× the $40 Medicare rate · typically $16–$87
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $40 Fair price $33 Cash price $83 Hospital's list price $127
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 | $44 - $114 | 109% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $9 - $109 | 22% |
| Aetnamajor | $32 - $101 | 79% |
| Cignamajor | $110 | 272% |
| Humanamajor | $114 | 282% |
| Kaiser Permanentemajor | $109 | 270% |
| AmeriHealth | $114 | 282% |
| CareSource | $113 | 280% |
| Dean Health Plan | $109 | 270% |
| GEHA | $101 - $114 | 250% |
| Medical Mutual | $114 | 282% |
| Molina | $53 | 131% |
| MVP Health Care | $109 | 270% |
| Oscar Health | $39 | 97% |
| Paramount | $109 | 270% |
| Priority Health | $114 | 282% |
| UniCare | $114 | 282% |
| + 119 smaller / regional plans | $22 - $184 |
Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.
Excludes 8 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at Mercy Health Lakeshore Campus
Compare: Diagnostic procedure preparation at other MI hospitals
- Henry Ford Allegiance Health · Jackson $8
- Lake Huron Medical Center · Port Huron $12
- Henry Ford Macomb Hospital · Clinton Township $12
- Memorial Healthcare · Owosso $12
- Garden City Hospital · Garden City $12
- Corewell Health Watervliet Hospital · Watervliet $14
- Trinity Health Grand Haven Hospital · Grand Haven $14
- University of Michigan Health System · Ann Arbor $15
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.