CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, head (with contrast)

Facility: Sky Ridge Medical Center

Billing Code: 70460 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$402

about 2.2× the $179 Medicare rate · typically $152–$461

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$377

About the fair price

about $25 under the fair price · 2.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $179 Fair price $402 This hospital $377 Cash price $21,049 Hospital's list price $21,049

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How this hospital compares to other CO hospitals

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

Cheapest $53 Priciest $377

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 CO 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 $402 (about 2.2× the $179 Medicare rate). Sky Ridge Medical Center charges insurers about $377, or about $21,049 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Lone Tree, CO.

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser Permanente

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	$304 - $9,752	170%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$128 - $16,037	71%
Aetnamajor	$1,164 - $1,763	650%
Cignamajor	$13,073 - $13,870	7295%
Bright Health	$6,128 - $6,502	3420%
HealthPartners	$14,298 - $15,171	7979%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$402 - $17,338

Excludes 3 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 21,049), 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 Sky Ridge Medical Center 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 Sky Ridge Medical Center

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