CT scan, head (with contrast)
Facility: Mid-Columbia Medical Center
Billing Code: 70460 (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 contrast) is about $99 (about 0.6× the $179 Medicare rate). Mid-Columbia Medical Center charges insurers about $101, or about $559 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 | $1,124 - $2,054 | 627% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $51 - $6,893 | 28% |
| Aetnamajor | $61 - $1,996 | 34% |
| Cignamajor | $86 - $2,037 | 48% |
| Humanamajor | $53 - $219 | 30% |
| Amerigroup | $169 - $1,124 | 94% |
| Devoted Health | $55 - $2,335 | 31% |
| Health Net | $52 - $213 | 29% |
| Moda Health | $53 - $1,427 | 30% |
| Molina | $51 - $1,124 | 28% |
| + 8 smaller / regional plans | $51 - $2,097 |
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Other Procedures at Mid-Columbia Medical Center
Compare: CT scan, head (with contrast) at other OR hospitals
- Adventist Health Tillamook · Tillamook $57
- Samaritan North Lincoln Hospital · Lincoln City $79
- Samaritan Pacific Community Hospital · Newport $79
- Samaritan Lebanon Community Hospital · Lebanon $79
- Good Samaritan Regional Medical Center · Corvallis $80
- Samaritan Albany General Hospital · Albany $80
- Lower Umpqua Hospital District · Reedsport $82
- Santiam Hospital & Clinics · Stayton $197
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.