CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, head (with and without contrast)

Facility: Mercyone Newton Medical Center

Billing Code: 70470 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$181

about 1.0× the $179 Medicare rate · typically $168–$297

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$179

About the fair price

about $2 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $179 Fair price $181 This hospital $179 Cash price $1,747 Hospital's list price $2,688

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How this hospital compares to other IA hospitals

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

Cheapest $56 Priciest $179

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 IA 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 and without contrast) is about $181 (about 1.0× the $179 Medicare rate). Mercyone Newton Medical Center charges insurers about $179, or about $1,747 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Newton, IA.

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	$169 - $1,532	94%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$168 - $179	94%
Aetnamajor	$166 - $2,519	93%
Cignamajor	$2,473	1380%
Ambetter (Centene)	$285	159%
GEHA	$1,532	855%
HealthPartners	$2,371	1323%
Medica	$2,473	1380%
Medical Mutual	$2,519	1406%
Oscar Health	$241	134%
+ 22 smaller / regional plans	$179 - $2,688

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

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 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: 70470.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Mercyone Newton 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 Mercyone Newton Medical Center

Compare: CT scan, head (with and without contrast) at other IA hospitals

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