CMS Price Transparency Data

Office visit, established patient (30-39 min)

Facility: Rio Grande Regional Hospital

Billing Code: 99214 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$129

about 0.9× the $136 Medicare rate · typically $68–$269

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $136 Fair price $129 Cash price $234 Hospital's list price $234

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.

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	$35 - $278	26%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$89 - $466	66%
Aetnamajor	$53 - $284	39%
Cignamajor	$200 - $264	147%
Humanamajor	$377	278%
Healthcare Highways	$51 - $158	38%
Molina	$54 - $167	40%
+ 10 smaller / regional plans	$35 - $600

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 6 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 234), 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: 99214.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Rio Grande Regional Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 99214.
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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