CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, sinuses

Facility: Astera Health

Billing Code: 70486 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$118

about 1.1× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $104–$339

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$118

About the fair price

1.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $118 This hospital $118 Cash price $802 Hospital's list price $1,148

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How this hospital compares to other MN hospitals

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

Cheapest $46 Priciest $118

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MN 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, sinuses is about $118 (about 1.1× the $107 Medicare rate). Astera Health charges insurers about $118, or about $802 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Wadena, MN.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

3 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna CignaHumanaKaiser 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	$184 - $1,489	172%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$43 - $5,128	40%
Aetnamajor	$333 - $1,733	312%
HealthPartners	$43 - $5,128	40%
Medica	$43 - $150,037	40%
Sanford Health Plan	$83 - $1,637	78%
UCare	$43 - $5,385	40%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$30 - $5,128

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (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 802), 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: 70486.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Astera Health is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 70486.
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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