CMS Price Transparency Data

Upper endoscopy with biopsy

Facility: Sidney Health Center

Billing Code: 43239 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$271

about 0.3× the $927 Medicare rate · typically $204–$1,199

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$219

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $52 under the fair price · 0.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $927 Fair price $271 This hospital $219 Cash price $707 Hospital's list price $1,142

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How this hospital compares to other MT hospitals

One of the lower prices — 6 of 8 other MT hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $216 Priciest $964

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MT 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 Upper endoscopy with biopsy is about $271 (about 0.3× the $927 Medicare rate). Sidney Health Center charges insurers about $219, or about $707 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Sidney, MT.

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	$126 - $1,085	14%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$219 - $1,142	24%
Aetnamajor	$210 - $1,085	23%
Cignamajor	$219 - $1,085	24%
Sanford Health Plan	$235 - $1,085	25%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$219 - $1,108

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 707), 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: 43239.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Sidney Health Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 43239.
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 Sidney Health Center

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