CT scan, head (with and without contrast)
Facility: Sierra View Medical Center
Billing Code: 70470 (CPT)
Highest price of the 9 CA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 CA 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, head (with and without contrast) is about $241 (about 1.3× the $179 Medicare rate). Sierra View Medical Center charges insurers about $226, or about $1,676 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Porterville, 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
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 |
|---|---|---|
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $168 - $2,136 | 94% |
| Aetnamajor | $1,557 | 869% |
| Cignamajor | $2,155 | 1203% |
| Humanamajor | $226 | 126% |
| Kaiser Permanentemajor | $1,676 | 935% |
| Health Net | $177 - $1,796 | 99% |
| + 2 smaller / regional plans | $168 - $271 |
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Other Procedures at Sierra View Medical Center
Compare: CT scan, head (with and without contrast) at other CA hospitals
- Saint Agnes Medical Center · Fresno $54
- Mayers Memorial Hospital · Fall River Mills $61
- Adventist Health Vallejo · Vallejo $79
- Trinity Hospital · Weaverville $98
- Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA · Los Angeles $98
- Adventist Health Howard Memorial · Willits $103
- Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley · Tehachapi $110
- Adventist Health Mendocino Coast · Fort Bragg $116
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.