CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, head (with and without contrast)

Facility: Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center

Billing Code: 70470 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$173

about 1.0× the $179 Medicare rate · typically $172–$448

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$171

About the fair price

about $2 under the fair price · 1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $179 Fair price $173 This hospital $171 Cash price $3,687 Hospital's list price $3,687

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How this hospital compares to other ID hospitals

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

Cheapest $53 Priciest $173

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 ID 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 $173 (about 1.0× the $179 Medicare rate). Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center charges insurers about $171, or about $3,687 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Idaho Falls, ID.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

5 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser 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	$402 - $2,131	224%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$48 - $3,503	27%
Aetnamajor	$1,453 - $1,796	811%
Cignamajor	$2,028	1132%
Humanamajor	$3,097	1728%
Health Net	$3,319	1852%
Moda Health	$2,297	1282%
Molina	$48 - $88	27%
PacificSource	$1,976	1103%
SelectHealth	$1,117 - $1,176	623%
+ 8 smaller / regional plans	$253 - $3,687

Excludes 5 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 3,687), 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 Eastern Idaho 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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

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Other Procedures at Eastern Idaho Regional Medical Center

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

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