CMS Price Transparency Data

X-ray, chest (two views)

Facility: Marshfield Medical Center

Billing Code: 71046 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$176

about 2.0× the $89 Medicare rate · typically $120–$235

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$155

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $21 under the fair price · 1.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $89 Fair price $176 This hospital $155 Cash price $561 Hospital's list price $591

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other WI hospitals

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

Cheapest $21 Priciest $155

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 WI 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 X-ray, chest (two views) is about $176 (about 2.0× the $89 Medicare rate). Marshfield Medical Center charges insurers about $155, or about $561 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Marshfield, WI.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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	$484	544%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$161 - $182	181%
Aetnamajor	$567	638%
Cignamajor	$556	625%
HealthPartners	$561	631%
Medica	$548 - $560	616%
Molina	$502	565%
Sanford Health Plan	$325	366%
Security Health Plan	$122 - $168	137%
+ 9 smaller / regional plans	$296 - $570

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 561), 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: 71046.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Marshfield Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 71046.
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 Marshfield Medical Center

Compare: X-ray, chest (two views) at other WI hospitals

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