CMS Price Transparency Data

Breathing treatment (nebulizer)

Facility: Rice Medical Center

Billing Code: 94640 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$108

about 0.5× the $224 Medicare rate · typically $13–$362

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $224 Fair price $108 Cash price $249 Hospital's list price $356

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	$102	46%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$194 - $716	87%
Aetnamajor	$192 - $257	86%
Cignamajor	$191	85%
Humanamajor	$192	86%
+ 8 smaller / regional plans	$257 - $356

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 5 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 249), 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: 94640.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Rice Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 94640.
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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Your coinsurance (%)

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