CMS Price Transparency Data

Drug screening test

Facility: Long Term Acute Care Hospital Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph

Billing Code: G0480 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$150

about 1.3× the $114 Medicare rate · typically $67–$312

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$109

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $41 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $114 Fair price $150 This hospital $109 Cash price $179 Hospital's list price $210

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How this hospital compares to other MO hospitals

A typical price — 4 charge more and 3 charge less, among the 9 MO hospitals compared.

Cheapest $82 Priciest $114

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

A fair price for a Drug screening test is about $150 (about 1.3× the $114 Medicare rate). Long Term Acute Care Hospital Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph charges insurers about $109, or about $179 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Saint Joseph, MO.

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	$118 - $296	103%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$33 - $182	29%
Aetnamajor	$117 - $174	102%
Cignamajor	$58 - $185	51%
Ambetter (Centene)	$225	197%
Amerigroup	$77 - $109	67%
GEHA	$54 - $171	47%
HealthLink	$57 - $180	50%
Molina	$77 - $109	67%
SelectHealth	$57 - $180	50%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$46 - $374

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 179), 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 Long Term Acute Care Hospital Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph 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 Long Term Acute Care Hospital Mosaic Life Care at St Joseph

Compare: Drug screening test at other MO hospitals

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