CT scan, head (with and without contrast)
Facility: Mid-Columbia Medical Center
Billing Code: 70470 (CPT)
On the higher side — 7 of 8 other OR hospitals charge less.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 OR 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 and without contrast) is about $105 (about 0.6× the $179 Medicare rate). Mid-Columbia Medical Center charges insurers about $113, or about $716 in cash — about the fair price. Located in The Dalles, OR.
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 | $1,453 - $2,654 | 811% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $58 - $8,908 | 32% |
| Aetnamajor | $69 - $2,579 | 39% |
| Cignamajor | $97 - $2,632 | 54% |
| Humanamajor | $59 - $219 | 33% |
| Amerigroup | $190 - $1,453 | 106% |
| Devoted Health | $62 - $3,018 | 35% |
| Health Net | $59 - $213 | 33% |
| Moda Health | $59 - $1,844 | 33% |
| Molina | $58 - $1,453 | 32% |
| + 8 smaller / regional plans | $58 - $2,710 |
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Other Procedures at Mid-Columbia Medical Center
Compare: CT scan, head (with and without contrast) at other OR hospitals
- Adventist Health Tillamook · Tillamook $64
- Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital · Lincoln City $88
- Samaritan Pacific Community Hospital · Newport $88
- Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital · Lebanon $88
- Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center · Corvallis $89
- Samaritan Albany General Hospital · Albany $89
- Lower Umpqua Hospital District · Reedsport $93
- Santiam Hospital & Clinics · Stayton $197
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.