CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (with contrast)

Facility: North Mississippi Medical Center

Billing Code: 74177 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$564

about 1.6× the $356 Medicare rate · typically $551–$593

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$546

About the fair price

about $18 under the fair price · 1.5× Medicare

Medicare pays $356 Fair price $564 This hospital $546 Cash price $2,242 Hospital's list price $5,214

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How this hospital compares to other MS hospitals

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

Cheapest $91 Priciest $546

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 MS 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, abdomen and pelvis (with contrast) is about $564 (about 1.6× the $356 Medicare rate). North Mississippi Medical Center charges insurers about $546, or about $2,242 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Tupelo, MS.

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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	$961	270%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,175	330%
Aetnamajor	$321	90%
Cignamajor	$546 - $1,030	153%
Ambetter (Centene)	$456	128%
Molina	$504	141%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$315 - $582

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 2,242), 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: 74177.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm North Mississippi Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 74177.
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 North Mississippi Medical Center

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