CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, sinuses

Facility: USA Health University Hospital

Billing Code: 70486 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$113

about 1.1× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $102–$179

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$128

About the fair price

about $15 over the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $113 This hospital $128 Cash price $726 Hospital's list price $726

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How this hospital compares to other AL hospitals

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

Cheapest $71 Priciest $128

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

⚠ The cash price looks unusually high next to the insurance price — it may be the full list price, not a real cash discount. Call to confirm the self-pay rate.

A fair price for a CT scan, sinuses is about $113 (about 1.1× the $107 Medicare rate). USA Health University Hospital charges insurers about $128, or about $726 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Mobile, AL.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser 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	$81 - $1,310	76%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$126	118%
Aetnamajor	$128 - $500	120%
Cignamajor	$128 - $1,155	120%
Humanamajor	$128 - $1,577	120%
Ambetter (Centene)	$154	144%
Devoted Health	$128 - $1,698	120%
Molina	$90 - $141	84%
WellCare	$128	120%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$63 - $2,183

Excludes 2 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 726), 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: 70486.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm USA Health University Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 70486.
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 USA Health University Hospital

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