CMS Price Transparency Data

Diagnostic mammogram (both breasts)

Facility: Hill Country Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 77066 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$163

about 1.0× the $157 Medicare rate · typically $113–$216

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$169

About the fair price

about $6 over the fair price · 1.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $157 Fair price $163 This hospital $169 Cash price $743 Hospital's list price $743

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How this hospital compares to other TX hospitals

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

Cheapest $46 Priciest $169

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 TX 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 Diagnostic mammogram (both breasts) is about $163 (about 1.0× the $157 Medicare rate). Hill Country Memorial Hospital charges insurers about $169, or about $743 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Fredericksburg, TX.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna CignaHumanaKaiser 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	$107 - $334	68%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$105 - $289	67%
Aetnamajor	$107 - $774	68%
Healthcare Highways	$229	146%
Molina	$167	106%
WellCare	$108	69%
WellMed	$99	63%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$105 - $297

Government programs also on file: Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 3 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 743), 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: 77066.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Hill Country Memorial Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 77066.
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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