CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, head (with and without contrast)

Facility: Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner

Billing Code: 70470 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$317

about 1.8× the $179 Medicare rate · typically $190–$461

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$302

About the fair price

about $15 under the fair price · 1.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $179 Fair price $317 This hospital $302 Cash price $491 Hospital's list price $1,755

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How this hospital compares to other LA hospitals

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

Cheapest $102 Priciest $302

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

A fair price for a CT scan, head (with and without contrast) is about $317 (about 1.8× the $179 Medicare rate). Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner charges insurers about $302, or about $491 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Kenner, LA.

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	$163 - $402	91%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$163 - $735	91%
Aetnamajor	$304 - $1,195	170%
Cignamajor	$859	479%
Humanamajor	$163 - $295	91%
AmeriHealth	$304	170%
Health Net	$1,492	833%
WellCare	$168	94%
+ 7 smaller / regional plans	$158 - $1,316

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid, Military & VA.

Excludes 8 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 491), 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 Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner 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 Ochsner Medical Center-Kenner

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

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