CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, head (with and without contrast)

Facility: Franciscan Health Dyer

Billing Code: 70470 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$483

about 2.7× the $179 Medicare rate · typically $221–$512

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$467

About the fair price

about $16 under the fair price · 2.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $179 Fair price $483 This hospital $467 Cash price $1,043 Hospital's list price $3,864

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How this hospital compares to other IN hospitals

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

Cheapest $61 Priciest $467

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

A fair price for a CT scan, head (with and without contrast) is about $483 (about 2.7× the $179 Medicare rate). Franciscan Health Dyer charges insurers about $467, or about $1,043 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Dyer, IN.

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	$1,793 - $1,970	1001%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$291 - $3,053	162%
Aetnamajor	$410	229%
Cignamajor	$850 - $2,705	474%
UniCare	$291 - $591	162%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$378 - $3,864

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

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 1,043), 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 Franciscan Health Dyer 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 Franciscan Health Dyer

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

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