CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, head (with contrast)

Facility: Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital

Billing Code: 70460 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$239

about 1.3× the $179 Medicare rate · typically $165–$840

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$212

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $27 under the fair price · 1.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $179 Fair price $239 This hospital $212 Cash price $1,210 Hospital's list price $2,017

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How this hospital compares to other MO hospitals

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

Cheapest $83 Priciest $212

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MO 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 contrast) is about $239 (about 1.3× the $179 Medicare rate). Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital charges insurers about $212, or about $1,210 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Sullivan, MO.

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser 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	$452 - $1,725	252%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$211 - $1,755	118%
Aetnamajor	$444 - $1,513	248%
Cignamajor	$1,228 - $1,614	685%
Humanamajor	$448 - $1,341	250%
Devoted Health	$487	272%
HealthLink	$978 - $1,523	546%
Medica	$475 - $1,614	265%
Priority Health	$1,386	773%
UniCare	$1,311 - $1,523	732%
+ 19 smaller / regional plans	$444 - $1,725

Excludes 6 rental-network / third-party entries (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 1,210), 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: 70460.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 70460.
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 Missouri Baptist Sullivan Hospital

Compare: CT scan, head (with contrast) at other MO hospitals

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