CT scan, head (with and without contrast)
Facility: Chelsea Hospital
Billing Code: 70470 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $186 compared to the $178 fair price benchmark.
4-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 1.04× fair market pricing.
Highest price of the 9 MI hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MI 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 $178 (about 1.0× the $179 Medicare rate). Chelsea Hospital charges insurers about $186, or about $1,943 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Chelsea, MI.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
6 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 | $181 - $2,009 | 101% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $98 - $186 | 55% |
| Aetnamajor | $145 - $2,043 | 81% |
| Cignamajor | $2,109 | 1177% |
| Humanamajor | $1,988 | 1109% |
| Kaiser Permanentemajor | $186 | 104% |
| AmeriHealth | $1,988 | 1109% |
| CareSource | $411 | 229% |
| Dean Health Plan | $2,242 | 1251% |
| GEHA | $145 - $2,009 | 81% |
| Health Net | $2,989 | 1668% |
| HealthPartners | $2,322 | 1296% |
| MagnaCare | $1,988 | 1109% |
| Medical Mutual | $1,988 | 1109% |
| Molina | $228 | 127% |
| MVP Health Care | $2,242 | 1251% |
| Paramount | $2,242 | 1251% |
| Priority Health | $463 - $515 | 258% |
| Tufts Health Plan | $2,322 | 1296% |
| UniCare | $1,988 | 1109% |
| + 124 smaller / regional plans | $175 - $2,989 |
Self-Pay How to get the cash price
Insurance Before you use insurance
Estimate your out-of-pocket cost
A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.
Other Procedures at Chelsea Hospital
Compare: CT scan, head (with and without contrast) at other MI hospitals
- Henry Ford Allegiance Health · Jackson $57
- University of Michigan Health System · Ann Arbor $59
- Henry Ford Macomb Hospital · Clinton Township $60
- Henry Ford Health Hospital · Detroit $60
- Wyandotte Hospital and Medical Center · Wyandotte $60
- Henry Ford Health West Bloomfield Hospital · W Bloomfield $60
- Helen Newberry Joy Hospital · Newberry $66
- Huron Valley-Sinai Hospital · Commerce Township $73
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Chelsea Hospital (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $1,085
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 = $1,085).
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($1,943) Beats Your Bill
Chelsea Hospital's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $1,943 (vs. $186 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $178 Fair BaseRate ($179 Medicare)
Your bill ($2,989) is $2,811 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($178) and 16.7× 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.
How to Pay Less Nearby: Freestanding Centers, Insurer Leverage & Outpatient Savings
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.