CMS Price Transparency Data

Drug screening test

Facility: Children's Nebraska

Billing Code: G0480 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$143

about 1.3× the $114 Medicare rate · typically $97–$250

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$113

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $30 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $114 Fair price $143 This hospital $113 Hospital's list price $248

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How this hospital compares to other NE hospitals

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

Cheapest $91 Priciest $119

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

A fair price for a Drug screening test is about $143 (about 1.3× the $114 Medicare rate). Children's Nebraska charges insurers about $113 — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Omaha, NE.

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✓ Aetna CignaHumanaKaiser 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	$147 - $291	128%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$109 - $295	95%
Aetnamajor	$170 - $305	149%
Ambetter (Centene)	$114	100%
Molina	$113 - $123	99%
Sanford Health Plan	$170 - $305	149%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$164 - $295

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

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, 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 HCPCS code on your bill matches exactly: G0480.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Children's Nebraska is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for HCPCS code G0480.
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 Children's Nebraska

Compare: Drug screening test at other NE hospitals

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