CT scan, head (with contrast)
Facility: Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital
Billing Code: 70460 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $91 compared to the $138 fair price benchmark.
2-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 0.66× fair market pricing.
One of the lower prices — 6 of 8 other ME hospitals charge more for the same procedure.
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 contrast) is about $138 (about 0.8× the $179 Medicare rate). Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital charges insurers about $91, or about $342 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Pittsfield, ME.
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
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 | $51 - $1,342 | 28% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $50 - $1,155 | 28% |
| Aetnamajor | $50 - $1,333 | 28% |
| Cignamajor | $118 - $1,326 | 66% |
| WellCare | $51 - $675 | 28% |
| + 3 smaller / regional plans | $51 - $1,777 |
Self-Pay How to get the cash price
Insurance Before you use insurance
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A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.
Other Procedures at Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital
Compare: CT scan, head (with contrast) at other ME hospitals
- Northern Light Mayo Hospital · Dover Foxcroft $88
- Northern Light Acadia Hospital · Bangor $88
- Northern Light Blue Hill Memorial Hospital · Blue Hill $93
- Northern Light C A Dean Hospital · Greenville $93
- Northern Maine Medical Center · Fort Kent $131
- Mainehealth Mid Coast Hospital · Brunswick $148
- Mainehealth Maine Medical Center · Portland $149
- Mainehealth Pen Bay Hospital · Rockport $149
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $365
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 = $365).
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($342) Beats Your Bill
Northern Light Sebasticook Valley Hospital's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $342 (vs. $91 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $138 Fair BaseRate ($179 Medicare)
Your bill ($1,005) is $867 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($138) and 5.6× 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.