CT scan, head (with and without contrast)
Facility: Mainehealth Maine Medical Center
Billing Code: 70470 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $172 compared to the $170 fair price benchmark.
4-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 1.01× fair market pricing.
On the higher side — 6 of 8 other ME hospitals charge less.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 ME hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
Note: 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 $170 (about 0.9× the $179 Medicare rate). Mainehealth Maine Medical Center charges insurers about $172, or about $2,527 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Portland, ME.
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
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 | $57 - $2,911 | 32% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $58 - $783 | 32% |
| Aetnamajor | $59 - $2,685 | 33% |
| Cignamajor | $1,620 - $2,688 | 904% |
| Humanamajor | $66 - $197 | 37% |
| Harvard Pilgrim | $115 - $2,785 | 64% |
| WellCare | $66 - $197 | 37% |
| + 1 smaller / regional plan | $121 - $2,725 |
Self-Pay How to get the cash price
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Other Procedures at Mainehealth Maine Medical Center
Compare: CT scan, head (with and without contrast) at other ME hospitals
- Northern Light Mayo Hospital · Dover Foxcroft $104
- Northern Light Acadia Hospital · Bangor $104
- Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital · Pittsfield $105
- Northern Light Blue Hill Memorial Hospital · Blue Hill $107
- Northern Light C A Dean Hospital · Greenville $107
- Northern Maine Medical Center · Fort Kent $137
- Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital · Rockport $172
- Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital · Brunswick $173
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Mainehealth Maine Medical Center (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $917
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $917).
Compare Prompt-Pay Cash Rate Against Remaining Deductible
Mainehealth Maine Medical Center's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $2,527 (vs. $172 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $170 Fair BaseRate ($179 Medicare)
Your bill ($2,527) is $2,357 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($170) and 14.1× the $179 Medicare rate.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
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Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.