CT scan, head (with contrast)
Facility: Banner Lassen Medical Center
Billing Code: 70460 (CPT)
On the higher side — 7 of 8 other CA hospitals charge less.
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 contrast) is about $133 (about 0.7× the $179 Medicare rate). Banner Lassen Medical Center charges insurers about $136, or about $890 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Susanville, CA.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
4 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 | $649 - $1,473 | 362% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $36 - $1,378 | 20% |
| Aetnamajor | $1,521 | 849% |
| Cignamajor | $1,505 | 840% |
| Banner Health | $649 | 362% |
| Health Net | $1,536 | 857% |
| + 3 smaller / regional plans | $236 - $877 |
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Other Procedures at Banner Lassen Medical Center
Compare: CT scan, head (with contrast) at other CA hospitals
- Mayers Memorial Hospital · Fall River Mills $54
- Adventist Health Vallejo · Vallejo $70
- Trinity Hospital · Weaverville $87
- Adventist Health Howard Memorial · Willits $92
- Adventist Health Tehachapi Valley · Tehachapi $97
- Resnick Neuropsychiatric Hospital at UCLA · Los Angeles $98
- Adventist Health Mendocino Coast · Fort Bragg $103
- Temecula Valley Hospital · Temecula $138
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.