CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, sinuses

Facility: Northwest Florida Community Hospital

Billing Code: 70486 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$503

about 4.7× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $143–$897

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$499

About the fair price

about $4 under the fair price · 4.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $503 This hospital $499 Cash price $1,747 Hospital's list price $2,184

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How this hospital compares to other FL hospitals

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

Cheapest $58 Priciest $499

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 FL 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, sinuses is about $503 (about 4.7× the $107 Medicare rate). Northwest Florida Community Hospital charges insurers about $499, or about $1,747 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Chipley, FL.

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✓ Cigna✓ Humana AetnaKaiser 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	$1,092	1022%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$497	465%
Cignamajor	$1,594	1492%
Humanamajor	$419	392%

Government programs also on file: Medicare.

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (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 1,747), 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: 70486.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Northwest Florida Community Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 70486.
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 Northwest Florida Community Hospital

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