If your doctor has indicated that you need to be scheduled for a procedure, you can identify information on the price of the procedure based on whether it is to be done as an inpatient or outpatient, or when applicable, in one of the hospital-based clinics.
When you are looking for an estimate for a specific procedure, you will want to have your doctor or doctor's office identify the "Current Procedural Terminology" (CPT) code that is used to identify the procedure or surgery the doctor is recommending. This is a standard numeric code that insurance companies and providers across the country use to identify in detail the exact procedure you will be having. Using the CPT code to identify the procedure will provide a more accurate estimate of the procedure for which you are seeking pricing information. In some cases, as you will see, procedures with different CPT codes are grouped, as they are very similar, and the pricing is not significantly different.