CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, sinuses

Facility: Frye Regional Medical Center

Billing Code: 70486 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$309

about 2.9× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $127–$500

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$337

About the fair price

about $28 over the fair price · 3.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $309 This hospital $337 Cash price $1,286 Hospital's list price $3,215

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How this hospital compares to other NC hospitals

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

Cheapest $100 Priciest $337

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 $309 (about 2.9× the $107 Medicare rate). Frye Regional Medical Center charges insurers about $337, or about $1,286 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Hickory, NC.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

3 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna CignaHumanaKaiser 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 - $284	94%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$318 - $439	298%
Aetnamajor	$414	388%
Ambetter (Centene)	$350	328%
AmeriHealth	$324 - $350	303%
WellCare	$360	337%
+ 1 smaller / regional plan	$318

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 1,286), 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 Frye Regional Medical Center 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 Frye Regional Medical Center

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