CT scan, head (with contrast)
Facility: HCA Florida Trinity Hospital
Billing Code: 70460 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $1,780 compared to the $1,345 fair price benchmark.
2-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 1.32× fair market pricing.
Highest price of the 9 FL hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 FL 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 contrast) is about $1,345 (about 7.5× the $179 Medicare rate). HCA Florida Trinity Hospital charges insurers about $1,780, or about $19,920 in cash — above the fair price. Located in Trinity, FL.
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 $1,345. 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 | $402 - $8,964 | 224% |
| Aetnamajor | $1,478 - $5,976 | 825% |
| Humanamajor | $5,777 | 3224% |
| AmeriHealth | $8,765 | 4891% |
| AvMed | $767 - $1,975 | 428% |
| Molina | $3,785 - $6,374 | 2112% |
| Simply Healthcare | $3,068 | 1712% |
| + 7 smaller / regional plans | $936 - $15,936 |
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 HCA Florida Trinity Hospital
Compare: CT scan, head (with contrast) at other FL hospitals
- H. Lee Moffitt Cancer Center and Research Institute Hospital, Inc. · Tampa $79
- Doctors Memorial Hospital · Bonifay $80
- Madison County Memorial Hospital · Madison $92
- Sarasota Memorial Hospital · Sarasota $99
- Palm Beach Gardens Medical Center · Palm Beach Gardens $162
- PAM Health Rehabilitation Hospital of Jupiter · Jupiter $171
- Cleveland Clinic Martin North Hospital · Stuart $172
- Cleveland Clinic Hospital · Weston $172
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
Audit a Bill or Quote at HCA Florida Trinity Hospital (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $7,231
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 = $7,231).
Compare Prompt-Pay Cash Rate Against Remaining Deductible
HCA Florida Trinity Hospital's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $19,920 (vs. $1,780 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $1,345 Fair BaseRate ($179 Medicare)
Your bill ($19,920) is $18,575 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($1,345) and 111.3× 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.
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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.