CT scan, head (with and without contrast)
Facility: Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center
Billing Code: 70470 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $230 compared to the $280 fair price benchmark.
4-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 0.82× fair market pricing.
Highest price of the 9 OR hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 OR hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
Note: 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 $280 (about 1.6× the $179 Medicare rate). Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center charges insurers about $230, or about $794 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Oregon City, OR.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
2 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 | $209 - $365 | 117% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $735 | 410% |
| Moda Health | $390 - $1,065 | 218% |
| Molina | $211 - $357 | 118% |
| Providence Health Plan | $117 - $192 | 65% |
| + 2 smaller / regional plans | $195 - $213 |
Self-Pay How to get the cash price
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Other Procedures at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center
Compare: CT scan, head (with and without contrast) at other OR hospitals
- Southern Coos Hospital & Health Center · Bandon $58
- Adventist Health Tillamook · Tillamook $64
- Santiam Hospital & Clinics · Stayton $78
- 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
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
Audit a Bill or Quote at Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $384
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $384).
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($794) Beats Your Bill
Providence Willamette Falls Medical Center's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $794 (vs. $230 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $280 Fair BaseRate ($179 Medicare)
Your bill ($1,058) is $778 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($280) and 5.9× the $179 Medicare rate.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
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Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.