CMS Price Transparency Data

Blood test, cholesterol (lipid panel)

Facility: Sanford Wheaton Medical Center

Billing Code: 80061 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$47

about 3.6× the $13 Medicare rate · typically $14–$100

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $13 Fair price $47 Cash price $102 Hospital's list price $128

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

What each insurance company pays

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

3 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna CignaHumanaKaiser 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	$70 - $107	523%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$47 - $94	351%
Aetnamajor	$70 - $111	523%
Health Net	$115	859%
HealthPartners	$70 - $104	523%
Medica	$113 - $121	844%
Sanford Health Plan	$65 - $119	485%
Security Health Plan	$70	523%
UCare	$69 - $112	515%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$71 - $115

Government programs also on file: Medicare.

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (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 102), 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: 80061.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Sanford Wheaton Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 80061.
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.

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