CMS Price Transparency Data

Drug screening test

Facility: Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin

Billing Code: G0480 (HCPCS)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$124

about 1.1× the $114 Medicare rate · typically $63–$262

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $114 Fair price $124 Cash price $288 Hospital's list price $523

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.

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	$64 - $765	56%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$74 - $955	65%
Aetnamajor	$169 - $955	148%
Cignamajor	$173 - $905	151%
Dean Health Plan	$154 - $804	135%
Health Net	$163 - $905	142%
HealthPartners	$150 - $885	131%
Molina	$72	63%
Quartz	$163 - $855	142%
Security Health Plan	$159 - $835	139%
+ 21 smaller / regional plans	$64 - $905

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 288), 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 HCPCS code on your bill matches exactly: G0480.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Childrens Hospital of Wisconsin is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for HCPCS code G0480.
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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