CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, chest (no contrast)

Facility: Alton Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 71250 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$127

about 1.2× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $108–$436

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$118

About the fair price

about $9 under the fair price · 1.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $127 This hospital $118 Cash price $709 Hospital's list price $1,181

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How this hospital compares to other IL hospitals

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

Cheapest $49 Priciest $118

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 IL 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, chest (no contrast) is about $127 (about 1.2× the $107 Medicare rate). Alton Memorial Hospital charges insurers about $118, or about $709 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Alton, IL.

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	$112 - $1,009	105%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$112 - $1,027	105%
Aetnamajor	$112 - $886	105%
Cignamajor	$597 - $945	559%
Humanamajor	$112 - $1,402	105%
Devoted Health	$118	110%
HealthLink	$573 - $892	536%
Medica	$118 - $945	110%
Priority Health	$916	858%
UniCare	$768 - $892	719%
+ 19 smaller / regional plans	$115 - $1,500

Excludes 6 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 709), 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: 71250.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Alton Memorial Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 71250.
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 Alton Memorial Hospital

Compare: CT scan, chest (no contrast) at other IL hospitals

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