CMS Price Transparency Data

Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic)

Facility: Carolina East Medical Center

Billing Code: 47562 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$1,129

about 0.2× the $6,176 Medicare rate · typically $530–$8,098

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $6,176 Fair price $1,129 Cash price $1,725 Hospital's list price $2,875

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

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	$1,006	16%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$2,007	32%
Aetnamajor	$2,547	41%
Cignamajor	$2,616	42%
Humanamajor	$586	9%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$586 - $2,597

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 6 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 1,725), 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 Carolina East Medical Center 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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

Deductible left to meet ($)

Your coinsurance (%)

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Other Procedures at Carolina East Medical Center

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.