CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (no contrast)

Facility: Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware

Billing Code: 74176 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$319

about 1.3× the $244 Medicare rate · typically $191–$532

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$315

About the fair price

about $4 under the fair price · 1.3× Medicare

Medicare pays $244 Fair price $319 This hospital $315 Cash price $4,272 Hospital's list price $4,272

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How this hospital compares to other DE hospitals

A typical price — 5 charge more and 3 charge less, among the 9 DE hospitals compared.

Cheapest $180 Priciest $679

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 DE 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, abdomen and pelvis (no contrast) is about $319 (about 1.3× the $244 Medicare rate). Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware charges insurers about $315, or about $4,272 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Wilmington, DE.

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	$1,568 - $2,666	643%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,581 - $3,773	649%
Aetnamajor	$1,812 - $2,478	743%
Cignamajor	$2,350 - $2,691	964%
Ambetter (Centene)	$2,435	999%
AmeriHealth	$2,435	999%
Fidelis Care	$1,709	701%
Geisinger	$2,563	1051%
HealthPartners	$1,657	680%
UPMC Health Plan	$1,692	694%
+ 14 smaller / regional plans	$72 - $4,272

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 6 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 4,272), 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: 74176.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 74176.
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 Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware

Compare: CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (no contrast) at other DE hospitals

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