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Hospital Charges/Price Transparency
OVERVIEW
In compliance with the Centers for Medicare and Medicaid Services (CMS), Parmer Medical Center is making available to the public a copy of its standard charges known as a “Charge Master,” “Charge Description Master” or “CDM”.
Since payment rates for hospital care provided to insured patients are either negotiated with health plans, set by the federal government for Medicare, or set by state governments for Medicaid enrollees, the payments hospitals receive for patient care do not necessarily reflect the prices reflected in the Charge Master. A patient’s responsibility may vary depending on the payment plans negotiated with insurance companies as well as the patient’s individual and/or family deductibles and co-payments with their insurance plan. Additionally, uninsured patients are not generally expected to pay the hospital’s standard charges as reflected in the CDM and may be eligible for financial assistance.
The information provided is based on information we have gathered from contracts with managed care commercial insurance plans. This is not a guarantee of what you will be charged. Your actual charges may differ from the estimated charges for many reasons, including the seriousness of your medical condition, actual time the procedure takes and the services and supplies that you receive.
The charges listed here are for services from the Hospital. They do not reflect the charges for physicians (such as surgeon, anesthesiologist, radiologist, pathologist, etc.) who may be involved in providing particular services to a patient. These charges are billed separately from the individual physician/physicians group.
Parmer Medical Center shall not be liable for any difference between charges listed in the price lists and the final bill for services.
Click on the following link to be able to obtain a comprehensive, machine-readable and downloadable copy of the hospital’s CDM or to review 300 shoppable services in a consumer-friendly format.
https://search.hospitalpriceindex.com/hpi2/hospital/parmerlmedicalcenter/7973or
QUESTIONS?
If you have further questions about the Parmer Medical Center CDM, please contact our hospital business office at (806) 250-2754 or come by and speak to one of our business office representatives. Thank you for choosing Parmer Medical Center for your health care needs!
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