CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (with contrast)

Facility: Novant Health Matthews Medical Center

Billing Code: 74177 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$701

about 2.0× the $356 Medicare rate · typically $358–$1,206

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$748

About the fair price

about $47 over the fair price · 2.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $356 Fair price $701 This hospital $748 Cash price $2,820 Hospital's list price $5,640

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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 $274 Priciest $748

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, abdomen and pelvis (with contrast) is about $701 (about 2.0× the $356 Medicare rate). Novant Health Matthews Medical Center charges insurers about $748, or about $2,820 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Matthews, 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	$339 - $3,294	95%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$290 - $3,328	81%
Aetnamajor	$348 - $4,512	98%
Cignamajor	$349 - $2,905	98%
Humanamajor	$339 - $4,061	95%
AmeriHealth	$748	210%
CareSource	$1,861	522%
WellCare	$748	210%
+ 9 smaller / regional plans	$339 - $5,471

Excludes 4 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 2,820), 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 Novant Health Matthews 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 Novant Health Matthews Medical Center

Compare: CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (with contrast) at other NC hospitals

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