CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, head (with and without contrast)

Facility: Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center

Billing Code: 70470 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$369

about 2.1× the $179 Medicare rate · typically $184–$778

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$369

About the fair price

2.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $179 Fair price $369 This hospital $369 Cash price $1,465 Hospital's list price $2,929

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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 $134 Priciest $369

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, head (with and without contrast) is about $369 (about 2.1× the $179 Medicare rate). Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center charges insurers about $369, or about $1,465 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Huntersville, 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	$170 - $1,711	95%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$170 - $1,728	95%
Aetnamajor	$175 - $2,343	98%
Cignamajor	$176 - $1,508	98%
Humanamajor	$170 - $2,109	95%
AmeriHealth	$369	206%
CareSource	$967	540%
WellCare	$369	206%
+ 9 smaller / regional plans	$170 - $2,841

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 1,465), 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 Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center 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 Novant Health Huntersville Medical Center

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

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