CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, sinuses

Facility: Renown South Meadows Medical Center

Billing Code: 70486 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$188

about 1.8× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $121–$202

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$178

About the fair price

about $10 under the fair price · 1.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $188 This hospital $178 Cash price $603 Hospital's list price $861

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How this hospital compares to other NV hospitals

Highest price of the 9 NV hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $88 Priciest $178

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 NV 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, sinuses is about $188 (about 1.8× the $107 Medicare rate). Renown South Meadows Medical Center charges insurers about $178, or about $603 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Reno, NV.

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	$861	806%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$59 - $710	55%
Aetnamajor	$387 - $798	362%
Cignamajor	$282	264%
CareSource	$60 - $220	56%
Health Net	$149	140%
Molina	$59 - $269	55%
+ 6 smaller / regional plans	$42 - $861

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 603), 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: 70486.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Renown South Meadows Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 70486.
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 Renown South Meadows Medical Center

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