CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, head (with contrast)

Facility: Portsmouth Regional Hospital

Billing Code: 70460 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$529

about 3.0× the $179 Medicare rate · typically $193–$662

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$575

About the fair price

about $46 over the fair price · 3.2× Medicare

Medicare pays $179 Fair price $529 This hospital $575 Cash price $10,036 Hospital's list price $10,036

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other NH hospitals

On the higher side — 7 of 8 other NH hospitals charge less.

Cheapest $98 Priciest $608

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 NH 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 contrast) is about $529 (about 3.0× the $179 Medicare rate). Portsmouth Regional Hospital charges insurers about $575, or about $10,036 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Portsmouth, NH.

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	$2,579 - $6,624	1439%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$226 - $4,446	126%
Aetnamajor	$6,353	3545%
AmeriHealth	$413	230%
Harvard Pilgrim	$694 - $868	387%
Tufts Health Plan	$3,774 - $5,741	2106%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$821 - $9,534

Excludes 3 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 10,036), 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: 70460.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Portsmouth Regional Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 70460.
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 Portsmouth Regional Hospital

Compare: CT scan, head (with contrast) at other NH hospitals

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