CMS Price Transparency Data

Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic)

Facility: Windom Area Health

Billing Code: 47562 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$1,503

about 0.2× the $6,176 Medicare rate · typically $586–$3,784

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $6,176 Fair price $1,503 Cash price $10,416 Hospital's list price $15,318

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.

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Humana CignaKaiser 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	$595 - $12,530	10%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$595 - $12,850	10%
Aetnamajor	$595 - $6,740	10%
Humanamajor	$595 - $6,740	10%
HealthPartners	$1,030 - $13,020	17%
Medica	$595 - $14,338	10%
Sanford Health Plan	$9,191 - $14,552	149%
UCare	$595 - $6,740	10%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$595 - $14,246

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 10,416), 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 Windom Area Health 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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

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Other Procedures at Windom Area Health

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.