CMS Price Transparency Data

Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic)

Facility: Essentia Health Virginia

Billing Code: 47562 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$5,139

about 0.8× the $6,176 Medicare rate · typically $2,263–$5,724

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$5,726

About the fair price

about $587 over the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $6,176 Fair price $5,139 This hospital $5,726 Cash price $4,297 Hospital's list price $6,842

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How this hospital compares to other MN hospitals

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

Cheapest $850 Priciest $5,726

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

A fair price for a Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) is about $5,139 (about 0.8× the $6,176 Medicare rate). Essentia Health Virginia charges insurers about $5,726, or about $4,297 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Virginia, MN.

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	$5,726 - $6,021	93%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$3,079 - $20,505	50%
Aetnamajor	$5,816	94%
Cignamajor	$6,165 - $6,185	100%
HealthPartners	$2,723 - $6,185	44%
Medica	$1,574 - $5,726	25%
Sanford Health Plan	$2,935 - $10,331	48%
Security Health Plan	$5,268 - $5,726	85%
UCare	$4,502 - $5,726	73%
+ 12 smaller / regional plans	$3,213 - $5,834

Government programs also on file: Medicare.

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 4,297), 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: 47562.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Essentia Health Virginia is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 47562.
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 Essentia Health Virginia

Compare: Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) at other MN hospitals

Meeker Memorial Hospital · Litchfield $850
Lifecare Medical Center · Roseau $920
St Gabriels Hospital · Little Falls $1,040
Centracare- Rice Memorial Hospital · Willmar $1,069
St Lukes Hospital · Duluth $1,144
St Francis Medical Center · Breckenridge $1,270
Glacial Ridge Hospital · Glenwood $1,630
Fairview Bethesda Hospital · Saint Paul $2,023

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