CMS Price Transparency Data

Drug screening test

Facility: New Ulm Medical Center

Billing Code: G0480 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$175

about 1.5× the $114 Medicare rate · typically $94–$182

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$95

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $80 under the fair price · 0.8× Medicare

Medicare pays $114 Fair price $175 This hospital $95 Cash price $72 Hospital's list price $141

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How this hospital compares to other MN hospitals

A typical price — 5 charge more and 3 charge less, among the 9 MN hospitals compared.

Cheapest $77 Priciest $107

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

A fair price for a Drug screening test is about $175 (about 1.5× the $114 Medicare rate). New Ulm Medical Center charges insurers about $95, or about $72 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in New Ulm, 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	$21 - $534	18%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$20 - $518	17%
Aetnamajor	$12 - $665	10%
Cignamajor	$38 - $636	33%
HealthPartners	$34 - $352	30%
Medica	$13 - $741	11%
UCare	$12 - $177	10%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$36 - $778

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

Excludes 4 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 72), 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 HCPCS code on your bill matches exactly: G0480.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm New Ulm Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for HCPCS code G0480.
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 New Ulm Medical Center

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