CMS Price Transparency Data

Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic)

Facility: Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 47562 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$1,538

about 0.2× the $6,176 Medicare rate · typically $781–$4,376

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $6,176 Fair price $1,538 Cash price $580 Hospital's list price $893

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What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Humana AetnaCignaKaiser 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	$617 - $5,103	10%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$727 - $5,103	12%
Humanamajor	$5,103	83%
+ 1 smaller / regional plan	$594 - $617

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 580), 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: 47562.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 47562.
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 Hugh Chatham Memorial Hospital

Compare: Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) at other NC hospitals

Atrium Health Cleveland · Shelby $950
Carolinas Medical Center-Northeast · Concord $1,014
Atrium Health Pineville · Charlotte $1,014
Atrium Health Union · Monroe $1,014
Atrium Health University City · Charlotte $1,014
Atrium Health Anson · Wadesboro $1,117
Stanly Regional Medical Center · Albemarle $1,117
Atrium Health Lincoln · Lincolnton $1,117

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