CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, head (with contrast)

Facility: Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City Campus

Billing Code: 70460 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$272

about 1.5× the $179 Medicare rate · typically $203–$419

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$203

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $69 under the fair price · 1.1× Medicare

Medicare pays $179 Fair price $272 This hospital $203 Hospital's list price $4,243

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How this hospital compares to other NJ hospitals

A typical price — 2 charge more and 5 charge less, among the 9 NJ hospitals compared.

Cheapest $141 Priciest $209

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 NJ hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a CT scan, head (with contrast) is about $272 (about 1.5× the $179 Medicare rate). Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City Campus charges insurers about $203 — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Atlantic City, NJ.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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	$548 - $3,013	306%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$3,491	1948%
Aetnamajor	$2,440 - $3,505	1362%
Cignamajor	$1,781 - $2,138	994%
AmeriHealth	$2,728 - $3,567	1522%
Devoted Health	$203	113%
Health Net	$2,970 - $4,031	1657%
HealthPartners	$395	220%
MagnaCare	$1,697 - $3,819	947%
WellCare	$586	327%
+ 29 smaller / regional plans	$286 - $4,031

Government programs also on file: Military & VA.

Excludes 6 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, 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 Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City Campus 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 Atlanticare Regional Medical Center - City Campus

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

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