CMS Price Transparency Data

Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic)

Facility: Charleston Area Medical Center

Billing Code: 47562 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$1,049

about 0.2× the $6,176 Medicare rate · typically $537–$3,684

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $6,176 Fair price $1,049 Cash price $19,625 Hospital's list price $19,625

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	$643 - $663	10%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$643 - $1,062	10%
Aetnamajor	$514 - $668	8%
Cignamajor	$1,823	30%
CareSource	$965	16%
UniCare	$514	8%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$514 - $1,030

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 4 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 19,625), 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 Charleston Area 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 Charleston Area Medical Center

Compare: Gallbladder removal (laparoscopic) at other WV hospitals

Mon Health Medical Center · Morgantown $1,208
Berkeley Medical Center · Martinsburg $3,160
Reynolds Memorial Hospital, Inc · Glen Dale $3,273
Boone Memorial Hospital · Madison $4,218
Weirton Medical Center, Inc · Weirton $5,771
Wheeling Hospital, Inc · Wheeling $5,819
Camden Clark Medical Center · Parkersburg $5,944
Princeton Community Hospital Assn Inc · Princeton $6,181

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