CMS Price Transparency Data

X-ray, foot

Facility: Marshfield Medical Center - Eau Claire

Billing Code: 73630 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$164

about 1.8× the $89 Medicare rate · typically $92–$206

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$178

About the fair price

about $14 over the fair price · 2.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $89 Fair price $164 This hospital $178 Cash price $228 Hospital's list price $240

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How this hospital compares to other WI hospitals

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

Cheapest $24 Priciest $178

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 WI hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a X-ray, foot is about $164 (about 1.8× the $89 Medicare rate). Marshfield Medical Center - Eau Claire charges insurers about $178, or about $228 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Eau Claire, 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	$198 - $484	223%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$87 - $267	98%
Aetnamajor	$230	259%
Cignamajor	$228	256%
HealthPartners	$228	256%
Medica	$224 - $228	252%
Molina	$204	229%
Sanford Health Plan	$132	148%
Security Health Plan	$84 - $191	94%
+ 10 smaller / regional plans	$90 - $1,812

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

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 228), 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: 73630.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Marshfield Medical Center - Eau Claire is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 73630.
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 - Eau Claire

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