CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, head (with contrast)

Facility: Adventist Health Hanford

Billing Code: 70460 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$209

about 1.2× the $179 Medicare rate · typically $197–$252

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$209

About the fair price

1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $179 Fair price $209 This hospital $209 Cash price $437 Hospital's list price $2,302

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How this hospital compares to other CA hospitals

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

Cheapest $54 Priciest $209

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

A fair price for a CT scan, head (with contrast) is about $209 (about 1.2× the $179 Medicare rate). Adventist Health Hanford charges insurers about $209, or about $437 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Hanford, CA.

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✓ Kaiser Permanente Humana

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	$53 - $1,844	30%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$53 - $2,262	30%
Aetnamajor	$184 - $2,246	103%
Cignamajor	$30 - $2,609	17%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$71 - $2,196	40%
Bright Health	$354	198%
Health Net	$77 - $2,346	43%
+ 16 smaller / regional plans	$53 - $4,261

Government programs also on file: Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 7 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 437), 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: 70460.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Adventist Health Hanford is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 70460.
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 Adventist Health Hanford

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