CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, head (with contrast)

Facility: Children's Specialized Hospital

Billing Code: 70460 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$205

about 1.1× the $179 Medicare rate · typically $119–$848

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$141

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $64 under the fair price · 0.8× Medicare

Medicare pays $179 Fair price $205 This hospital $141 Cash price $862 Hospital's list price $1,724

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How this hospital compares to other NJ hospitals

Lowest price of the 9 NJ hospitals we have prices for — a strong deal.

Cheapest $141 Priciest $209

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 NJ 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 $205 (about 1.1× the $179 Medicare rate). Children's Specialized Hospital charges insurers about $141, or about $862 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in New Brunswick, 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	$1,358	758%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$141 - $1,690	79%
Aetnamajor	$1,318 - $1,327	735%
Cignamajor	$1,038	579%
AmeriHealth	$1,306	729%
Fidelis Care	$1,318	735%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$1,172 - $1,345

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (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 862), 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 Children's Specialized 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 Children's Specialized Hospital

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

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