CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, chest (no contrast)

Facility: UNC Hospitals

Billing Code: 71250 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price low confidence

A fair price for this

$310

about 2.9× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $117–$2,124

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $310 Cash price $1,404 Hospital's list price $2,340

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

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	$721 - $2,340	675%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$750 - $1,471	702%
Aetnamajor	$1,116	1045%
Cignamajor	$2,340 - $2,905	2191%
AmeriHealth	$721	675%
WellCare	$721	675%
+ 7 smaller / regional plans	$721 - $2,905

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 1,404), 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: 71250.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm UNC Hospitals is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 71250.
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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

Deductible left to meet ($)

Your coinsurance (%)

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