CMS Price Transparency Data

Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic)

Facility: St Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus

Billing Code: 47562 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$6,513

about 1.1× the $6,176 Medicare rate · typically $2,481–$8,046

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$6,008

About the fair price

about $505 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $6,176 Fair price $6,513 This hospital $6,008

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How this hospital compares to other PA hospitals

Highest price of the 9 PA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $855 Priciest $6,008

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 PA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) is about $6,513 (about 1.1× the $6,176 Medicare rate). St Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus charges insurers about $6,008 — about the fair price. Located in Sellersville, PA.

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	$2,202 - $6,269	36%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$5,863 - $32,113	95%
Aetnamajor	$5,950 - $13,176	96%
Cignamajor	$5,849 - $6,037	95%
Humanamajor	$5,979	97%
Devoted Health	$5,979	97%
HealthPartners	$1,873 - $5,921	30%
Oscar Health	$5,880	95%
UPMC Health Plan	$5,805 - $6,153	94%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$1,401 - $9,868

Excludes 2 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, 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: 47562.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm St Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 47562.
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.

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Other Procedures at St Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus

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.