CMS Price Transparency Data

Ultrasound, pelvis

Facility: Baptist Memorial Hospital Booneville

Billing Code: 76856 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$168

about 1.6× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $161–$179

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$171

About the fair price

about $3 over the fair price · 1.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $168 This hospital $171 Cash price $213 Hospital's list price $888

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How this hospital compares to other MS hospitals

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

Cheapest $34 Priciest $171

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

A fair price for a Ultrasound, pelvis is about $168 (about 1.6× the $107 Medicare rate). Baptist Memorial Hospital Booneville charges insurers about $171, or about $213 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Booneville, MS.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser 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	$170 - $586	159%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$98 - $666	92%
Aetnamajor	$99 - $556	93%
Cignamajor	$488	457%
Humanamajor	$95 - $586	89%
Devoted Health	$97	91%
Health Net	$189	177%
Molina	$97 - $444	91%
+ 60 smaller / regional plans	$95 - $799

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 3 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 213), 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: 76856.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Baptist Memorial Hospital Booneville is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 76856.
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 Baptist Memorial Hospital Booneville

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