CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, sinuses

Facility: Columbus Regional Healthcare System

Billing Code: 70486 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$111

about 1.0× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $103–$234

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$101

About the fair price

about $10 under the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $111 This hospital $101 Cash price $1,080 Hospital's list price $1,543

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How this hospital compares to other NC hospitals

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

Cheapest $100 Priciest $104

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 NC 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 $111 (about 1.0× the $107 Medicare rate). Columbus Regional Healthcare System charges insurers about $101, or about $1,080 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Whiteville, NC.

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	$100 - $1,050	94%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$100 - $991	94%
Aetnamajor	$103 - $1,497	96%
Cignamajor	$105 - $1,466	98%
Humanamajor	$103	96%
Ambetter (Centene)	$898 - $1,045	841%
AmeriHealth	$345	323%
Devoted Health	$104	97%
Health Net	$1,023 - $1,144	958%
Molina	$284 - $396	266%
Oscar Health	$1,003 - $1,127	939%
UniCare	$100	94%
WellCare	$100 - $345	94%
+ 15 smaller / regional plans	$100 - $1,466

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 1,080), 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 Columbus Regional Healthcare System 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.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

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Other Procedures at Columbus Regional Healthcare System

Compare: CT scan, sinuses at other NC hospitals

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