CMS Price Transparency Data
Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic)
Facility: Reading Hospital
Billing Code: 47562 (CPT)
The BaseRate · fair price low confidence
A fair price for this
$2,963
about 0.5× the $6,176 Medicare rate · typically $544–$5,598
modeled estimate · not a bill or quote
Medicare pays $6,176 Fair price $2,963 Cash price $1,385 Hospital's list price $1,979
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 | $595 - $973 | 10% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $601 - $1,361 | 10% |
| Aetnamajor | $624 - $2,277 | 10% |
| Cignamajor | $1,793 | 29% |
| Humanamajor | $516 - $624 | 8% |
| AmeriHealth | $612 - $952 | 10% |
| Devoted Health | $631 | 10% |
| Geisinger | $417 - $772 | 7% |
| Health Net | $891 | 14% |
| HealthPartners | $637 - $794 | 10% |
| UPMC Health Plan | $607 - $746 | 10% |
| + 3 smaller / regional plans | $624 - $971 |
Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.
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Other Procedures at Reading Hospital
Compare: Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) at other PA hospitals
- West Penn Hospital · Pittsburgh $855
- Ahn Wexford Hospital · Wexford $855
- Magee Memorial Hospital for Convalescents · Philadelphia $1,029
- Jefferson Abington Hospital · Abington $1,137
- UPMC Wellsboro · Wellsboro $1,204
- Geisinger Jersey Shore Hospital · Jersey Shore $2,334
- Advanced Surgical Hospital · Washington $2,499
- Conemaugh Memorial Medical Center · Johnstown $2,932
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.