CMS Price Transparency Data

Breathing treatment (nebulizer)

Facility: UPMC Chautauqua at Wca

Billing Code: 94640 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$136

about 0.6× the $224 Medicare rate · typically $34–$265

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $224 Fair price $136 Cash price $100 Hospital's list price $167

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.

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Humana CignaKaiser 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	$107 - $249	48%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$623	278%
Aetnamajor	$11 - $258	5%
Humanamajor	$125 - $249	56%
Fidelis Care	$249	111%
Geisinger	$92	41%
Independent Health	$278 - $353	124%
MagnaCare	$29 - $125	13%
UPMC Health Plan	$100 - $253	45%
WellCare	$256	114%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$12 - $311

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 (about 100), 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: 94640.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm UPMC Chautauqua at Wca is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 94640.
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

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