CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, sinuses

Facility: The Children's Mercy Hospital

Billing Code: 70486 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$114

about 1.1× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $71–$327

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$80

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $34 under the fair price · 0.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $114 This hospital $80 Cash price $871 Hospital's list price $1,815

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How this hospital compares to other MO hospitals

One of the lower prices — 6 of 8 other MO hospitals charge more for the same procedure.

Cheapest $66 Priciest $104

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, sinuses is about $114 (about 1.1× the $107 Medicare rate). The Children's Mercy Hospital charges insurers about $80, or about $871 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Kansas City, 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	$35 - $2,335	33%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$100 - $2,572	94%
Aetnamajor	$102 - $2,572	95%
Cignamajor	$52 - $2,415	49%
Humanamajor	$78 - $2,311	73%
Health Net	$115 - $2,572	108%
HealthLink	$52 - $3,058	49%
Medica	$90 - $2,026	84%
+ 11 smaller / regional plans	$37 - $2,954

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 2 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 871), 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 The Children's Mercy Hospital 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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Other Procedures at The Children's Mercy Hospital

Compare: CT scan, sinuses at other MO hospitals

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