CMS Price Transparency Data
Blood test, lipase
Facility: Nationwide Children's Hospital
Billing Code: 83690 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence
A fair price for this
$15
about 2.1× the $7 Medicare rate · typically $8–$24
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $7 Fair price $15 Cash price $75 Hospital's list price $83
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 | $18 - $81 | 261% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $18 - $80 | 261% |
| Aetnamajor | $73 - $81 | 1060% |
| Cignamajor | $76 - $80 | 1103% |
| Humanamajor | $18 - $81 | 261% |
| AmeriHealth | $18 | 261% |
| CareSource | $18 - $40 | 261% |
| Molina | $18 | 261% |
| UniCare | $77 - $81 | 1118% |
| + 8 smaller / regional plans | $70 - $83 |
Excludes 3 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at Nationwide Children's Hospital
Compare: Blood test, lipase at other OH hospitals
- Alliance Community Hospital · Alliance $6
- University Hospitals Samaritan Medical Center · Ashland $7
- Southern Ohio Medical Center · Portsmouth $7
- Union Hospital · Dover $7
- Marion General Hospital · Marion $7
- Mount Carmel St Ann's · Westerville $7
- Wilson Memorial Hospital · Sidney $7
- Ohiohealth O'Bleness Hospital · Athens $7
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.