Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic)
Facility: Merit Health Women's Hospital
Billing Code: 47562 (CPT)
Highest price of the 9 MS hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MS hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.
A fair price for a Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) is about $6,041 (about 1.0× the $6,176 Medicare rate). Merit Health Women's Hospital charges insurers about $6,004, or about $24,602 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Flowood, 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
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 | $4,446 - $33,389 | 72% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $7,829 | 127% |
| Aetnamajor | $5,532 - $82,008 | 90% |
| Cignamajor | $25,540 | 414% |
| Humanamajor | $5,371 | 87% |
| CareSource | $4,535 | 73% |
| Devoted Health | $5,478 | 89% |
| Molina | $4,802 - $7,951 | 78% |
| WellCare | $5,567 | 90% |
| + 21 smaller / regional plans | $4,490 - $99,581 |
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Other Procedures at Merit Health Women's Hospital
Compare: Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) at other MS hospitals
- Ochsner Rush Hospital · Meridian $1,106
- Ochsner Watkins Hospital · Quitman $1,106
- Ochsner Laird Hospital · Union $1,106
- Ochsner Scott Regional · Morton $1,106
- Ochsner Stennis Memorial Hospital · De Kalb $1,106
- Monroe Regional Hospital · Aberdeen $1,185
- Baptist Memorial Hospital-Oktibbeha County · Starkville $1,832
- Memorial Hospital Biloxi · Biloxi $5,249
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.