CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, head (with and without contrast)

Facility: Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto

Billing Code: 70470 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$313

about 1.7× the $179 Medicare rate · typically $220–$314

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$293

About the fair price

about $20 under the fair price · 1.6× Medicare

Medicare pays $179 Fair price $313 This hospital $293 Cash price $1,036 Hospital's list price $5,182

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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 $63 Priciest $293

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, head (with and without contrast) is about $313 (about 1.7× the $179 Medicare rate). Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto charges insurers about $293, or about $1,036 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Southaven, 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✓ Humana CignaKaiser 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	$293 - $1,134	164%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$155 - $3,109	86%
Aetnamajor	$171 - $1,347	95%
Humanamajor	$171 - $2,902	95%
Devoted Health	$166	93%
Health Net	$326	182%
Molina	$166 - $2,591	93%
Oscar Health	$163	91%
+ 65 smaller / regional plans	$163 - $4,664

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 3 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 1,036), 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: 70470.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 70470.
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 Baptist Memorial Hospital Desoto

Compare: CT scan, head (with and without contrast) at other MS hospitals

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