CT scan, head (with and without contrast)
Facility: Greater El Monte Community Hospital
Billing Code: 70470 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $356 compared to the $251 fair price benchmark.
2-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 1.42× fair market pricing.
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.
Note: 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 $251 (about 1.4× the $179 Medicare rate). Greater El Monte Community Hospital charges insurers about $356, or about $2,190 in cash — above the fair price. Located in South El Monte, CA.
This price is above the fair BaseRate — you may be able to pay less
Ask the hospital for the cash / self-pay price, check whether you qualify for financial assistance, or negotiate the bill down toward the fair price of about $251. Many patients pay well below the first number they’re quoted — the checklists below walk you through it.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
3 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 |
|---|---|---|
| UnitedHealthcaremajor | $222 - $4,223 | 124% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $53 - $2,999 | 30% |
| Cignamajor | $1,565 | 873% |
| Health Net | $168 - $3,483 | 94% |
| Molina | $233 - $450 | 130% |
| Presbyterian | $330 | 184% |
| Sentara | $247 | 138% |
| + 43 smaller / regional plans | $20 - $4,920 |
Self-Pay How to get the cash price
Insurance Before you use insurance
Estimate your out-of-pocket cost
A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.
Other Procedures at Greater El Monte Community Hospital
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
- Zuckerberg San Francisco General Hosp & Trauma Ctr · San Francisco $63
- Natividad Medical Center · Salinas $73
- Adventist Health Vallejo · Vallejo $79
- Adventist Health Mendocino Coast · Fort Bragg $87
- Trinity Hospital · Weaverville $98
- Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA · Los Angeles $98
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Greater El Monte Community Hospital (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $795
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $795).
Compare Prompt-Pay Cash Rate Against Remaining Deductible
Greater El Monte Community Hospital's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $2,190 (vs. $356 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $251 Fair BaseRate ($179 Medicare)
Your bill ($2,190) is $1,939 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($251) and 12.2× the $179 Medicare rate.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
How to Pay Less Nearby: Freestanding Centers, Insurer Leverage & Outpatient Savings
Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.