CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, head (with and without contrast)

Facility: University McDuffie County Regional Medical Center

Billing Code: 70470 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$440

about 2.5× the $179 Medicare rate · typically $199–$638

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$438

About the fair price

about $2 under the fair price · 2.4× Medicare

Medicare pays $179 Fair price $440 This hospital $438 Cash price $980 Hospital's list price $3,265

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How this hospital compares to other GA hospitals

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

Cheapest $70 Priciest $438

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 GA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a CT scan, head (with and without contrast) is about $440 (about 2.5× the $179 Medicare rate). University McDuffie County Regional Medical Center charges insurers about $438, or about $980 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Thomson, GA.

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✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Kaiser Permanente Blue Cross Blue ShieldHumana

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	$438	244%
Aetnamajor	$1,933	1079%
Cignamajor	$567	316%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$2,775	1549%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$1,208 - $2,939

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 4 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 980), 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: 70470.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm University McDuffie County Regional Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 70470.
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 University McDuffie County Regional Medical Center

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