CT scan, head (no contrast)
Facility: Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital
Billing Code: 70450 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $293 compared to the $477 fair price benchmark.
4-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 0.61× fair market pricing.
On the higher side — 7 of 8 other NH hospitals charge less.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 NH hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
A fair price for a CT scan, head (no contrast) is about $477 (about 4.5× the $107 Medicare rate). Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital charges insurers about $293, or about $646 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Lebanon, NH.
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
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 | $863 | 808% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $552 - $1,067 | 517% |
| Aetnamajor | $1,079 - $1,139 | 1010% |
| Cignamajor | $784 - $981 | 734% |
| Humanamajor | $1,247 | 1167% |
| Ambetter (Centene) | $32 | 30% |
| Harvard Pilgrim | $746 - $1,040 | 698% |
| MVP Health Care | $1,091 | 1021% |
| Tufts Health Plan | $879 | 823% |
| + 4 smaller / regional plans | $33 - $832 |
Self-Pay How to get the cash price
Insurance Before you use insurance
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Other Procedures at Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital
Compare: CT scan, head (no contrast) at other NH hospitals
- New London Hospital · New London $69
- St Joseph Hospital · Nashua $86
- Cheshire Medical Center · Keene $111
- Wentworth-Douglass Hospital · Dover $113
- Elliot Hospital · Manchester $134
- Northeast Rehabilitation Hospital Network · Salem $143
- Mary Hitchcock Memorial Hospital · Lebanon $149
- Catholic Medical Center · Manchester $339
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $435
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $435).
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($646) Beats Your Bill
Alice Peck Day Memorial Hospital's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $646 (vs. $293 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $477 Fair BaseRate ($107 Medicare)
Your bill ($1,199) is $722 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($477) and 11.2× the $107 Medicare rate.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
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Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.