CMS Price Transparency Data

Drug screening test

Facility: Akron Children's Hospital

Billing Code: G0480 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence
A fair price for this
$151
about 1.3× the $114 Medicare rate · typically $50–$256
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $114 Fair price $151 Cash price $216 Hospital's list price $288

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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.

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 $50 - $249 44%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor $48 - $286 42%
Aetnamajor $48 - $249 42%
Cignamajor $243 - $249 212%
Humanamajor $49 - $269 43%
AmeriHealth $50 44%
CareSource $47 41%
Health Net $240 - $243 210%
Molina $48 42%
Paramount $266 - $269 232%
+ 23 smaller / regional plans $48 - $275
Excludes 5 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

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Facility Profile & Credentials

  • Address: 1 Perkins Square, Akron, OH 44308
  • CMS Rating: No CMS Rating
  • Ownership Type: Voluntary non-profit - Private
  • Hospital Type: Childrens