CMS Price Transparency Data

Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic)

Facility: Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center

Billing Code: 47562 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$8,930

about 1.4× the $6,176 Medicare rate · typically $6,940–$13,577

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $6,176 Fair price $8,930 Cash price $1,219 Hospital's list price $1,876

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✓ Kaiser Permanente Humana

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	$20,708	335%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$13,624 - $19,970	221%
Aetnamajor	$7,074 - $15,979	115%
Cignamajor	$7,410 - $19,898	120%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$13,474	218%
Health Net	$7,141 - $15,295	116%
Moda Health	$7,545	122%
PacificSource	$7,276	118%
+ 1 smaller / regional plan	$6,939

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (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 1,219), 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 Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center 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.

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Other Procedures at Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center

Compare: Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) at other WA hospitals

Kittitas Valley Community Hospital · Ellensburg $953
Seattle Children's Hospital · Seattle $1,551
Island Hospital · Anacortes $1,967
Virginia Mason Medical Center · Seattle $2,051
Olympic Medical Center · Port Angeles $3,480
Deaconess Medical Center · Spokane $6,344
Multicare Valley Hospital · Spokane Valley $6,344
Highline Medical Center · Burien $7,046

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