CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, chest (no contrast)

Facility: Mercy Medical Center

Billing Code: 71250 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$375

about 3.5× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $161–$1,975

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $375 Cash price $1,405 Hospital's list price $2,634

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✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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	$2,239	2096%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$120 - $2,186	112%
Aetnamajor	$2,107 - $2,371	1973%
Cignamajor	$1,976 - $2,055	1850%
Health Net	$120 - $2,502	112%
Moda Health	$115 - $2,081	108%
PacificSource	$1,976	1850%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$90 - $2,529

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 1,405), 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: 71250.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Mercy Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 71250.
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

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