CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, head (with and without contrast)

Facility: Holyoke Medical Center

Billing Code: 70470 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$226

about 1.3× the $179 Medicare rate · typically $220–$233

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$222

About the fair price

about $4 under the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $179 Fair price $226 This hospital $222 Cash price $925 Hospital's list price $1,156

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How this hospital compares to other MA hospitals

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

Cheapest $192 Priciest $222

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MA 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 $226 (about 1.3× the $179 Medicare rate). Holyoke Medical Center charges insurers about $222, or about $925 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Holyoke, MA.

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	$197 - $1,602	110%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$197 - $391	110%
Aetnamajor	$192 - $197	107%
Cignamajor	$243	136%
Harvard Pilgrim	$307	171%
Tufts Health Plan	$197 - $456	110%
UniCare	$528	295%
WellCare	$211	118%
WellSense	$209 - $267	117%
+ 4 smaller / regional plans	$197 - $544

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 925), 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 Holyoke 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 Holyoke Medical Center

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

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