CMS Price Transparency Data

Drug screening test

Facility: Parkridge Medical Center

Billing Code: G0480 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$127

about 1.1× the $114 Medicare rate · typically $94–$154

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$116

About the fair price

about $11 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $114 Fair price $127 This hospital $116 Cash price $644 Hospital's list price $644

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How this hospital compares to other TN hospitals

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

Cheapest $80 Priciest $116

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

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a Drug screening test is about $127 (about 1.1× the $114 Medicare rate). Parkridge Medical Center charges insurers about $116, or about $644 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Chattanooga, TN.

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	$114 - $870	100%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$51 - $599	45%
Aetnamajor	$97 - $966	85%
Cignamajor	$197 - $1,546	172%
Humanamajor	$114 - $1,256	100%
Ambetter (Centene)	$84 - $282	73%
Amerigroup	$87 - $294	76%
Bright Health	$114 - $132	100%
CareSource	$107	94%
Cigna HealthSpring	$114	100%
Clover Health	$120	105%
Devoted Health	$114	100%
Health Net	$403 - $1,353	352%
WellCare	$115 - $387	100%
+ 19 smaller / regional plans	$106 - $1,546

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 4 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 (about 644), 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 HCPCS code on your bill matches exactly: G0480.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Parkridge Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for HCPCS code G0480.
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 Parkridge Medical Center

Compare: Drug screening test at other TN hospitals

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