CMS Price Transparency Data

X-ray, foot

Facility: Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson City

Billing Code: 73630 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$82

about 0.9× the $89 Medicare rate · typically $26–$87

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$24

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $58 under the fair price · 0.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $89 Fair price $82 This hospital $24

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How this hospital compares to other PA hospitals

A typical price — 3 charge more and 4 charge less, among the 9 PA hospitals compared.

Cheapest $17 Priciest $26

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

A fair price for a X-ray, foot is about $82 (about 0.9× the $89 Medicare rate). Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson City charges insurers about $24 — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Dickson City, 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	$12 - $341	13%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$13 - $360	15%
Aetnamajor	$13 - $470	15%
Cignamajor	$72	81%
Humanamajor	$90	101%
Ambetter (Centene)	$257	289%
AmeriHealth	$11 - $87	12%
Devoted Health	$90	101%
Geisinger	$11 - $192	12%
HealthPartners	$14 - $89	16%
UPMC Health Plan	$16 - $413	18%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$14 - $494

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: 73630.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson City is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 73630.
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 Lehigh Valley Hospital - Dickson City

Compare: X-ray, foot at other PA hospitals

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.