CMS Price Transparency Data

Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic)

Facility: Douglas County Memorial Hospital-Cah

Billing Code: 47562 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$1,019

about 0.2× the $6,176 Medicare rate · typically $632–$5,146

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $6,176 Fair price $1,019 Cash price $1,830 Hospital's list price $2,091

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.

2 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield AetnaCignaHumanaKaiser 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	$1,777	29%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$2,091	34%
Sanford Health Plan	$686 - $2,028	11%
+ 1 smaller / regional plan	$1,986

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 1,830), 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 Douglas County Memorial Hospital-Cah 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.

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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Other Procedures at Douglas County Memorial Hospital-Cah

Compare: Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) at other SD hospitals

Huron Regional Medical Center · Huron $1,319
Brookings Health System · Brookings $1,425
Black Hills Surgical Hospital LLC · Rapid City $1,575
Monument Health Rapid City Hospital · Rapid City $5,888
Sanford Usd Medical Center · Sioux Falls $6,009
Sanford Medical Center Aberdeen · Aberdeen $6,009
Dunes Surgical Hospital · Dakota Dunes $6,547

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