CMS Price Transparency Data

Upper endoscopy with biopsy

Facility: Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center

Billing Code: 43239 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$1,395

about 1.5× the $927 Medicare rate · typically $1,134–$2,258

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $927 Fair price $1,395 Cash price $671 Hospital's list price $1,032

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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	$7,385	797%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$2,215 - $3,247	239%
Aetnamajor	$1,061 - $6,073	115%
Cignamajor	$1,112 - $6,796	120%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$2,021	218%
Health Net	$1,071 - $4,275	116%
Moda Health	$1,132	122%
PacificSource	$1,092	118%
+ 1 smaller / regional plan	$1,041

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 671), 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: 43239.

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 43239.
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 Legacy Salmon Creek Medical Center

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