CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, head (with contrast)

Facility: Adventist Health Bakersfield

Billing Code: 70460 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$247

about 1.4× the $179 Medicare rate · typically $170–$373

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$209

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $38 under the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $179 Fair price $247 This hospital $209 Cash price $246 Hospital's list price $1,639

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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 $247 (about 1.4× the $179 Medicare rate). Adventist Health Bakersfield charges insurers about $209, or about $246 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Bakersfield, 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 - $2,017	30%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$53 - $1,713	30%
Aetnamajor	$63 - $1,057	35%
Cignamajor	$30 - $1,348	17%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$217 - $388	121%
Health Net	$53 - $258	30%
Oscar Health	$53 - $361	30%
+ 16 smaller / regional plans	$53 - $3,714

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 8 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 246), 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 Bakersfield 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 Bakersfield

Compare: CT scan, head (with contrast) at other CA hospitals

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