CT scan, head (with and without contrast)
Facility: Saint Alphonsus Medical Center Ontario
Billing Code: 70470 (CPT)
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.
⚠ 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 $532 (about 3.0× the $179 Medicare rate). Saint Alphonsus Medical Center Ontario charges insurers about $522, or about $1,572 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Ontario, 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 | $205 - $2,321 | 114% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $205 - $2,055 | 114% |
| Aetnamajor | $211 - $2,290 | 118% |
| Cignamajor | $725 - $2,273 | 405% |
| Humanamajor | $725 - $2,128 | 405% |
| Ambetter (Centene) | $725 | 405% |
| Dean Health Plan | $2,176 | 1214% |
| GEHA | $2,290 - $2,321 | 1278% |
| Health Net | $725 - $2,031 | 405% |
| HealthPartners | $725 - $1,886 | 405% |
| Meridian | $725 | 405% |
| Moda Health | $406 - $2,345 | 227% |
| Molina | $725 | 405% |
| PacificSource | $404 - $2,273 | 225% |
| Paramount | $725 - $2,176 | 405% |
| Presbyterian | $725 | 405% |
| Priority Health | $2,273 | 1268% |
| SelectHealth | $745 - $2,176 | 416% |
| Tufts Health Plan | $725 | 405% |
| WellSense | $725 | 405% |
| + 93 smaller / regional plans | $213 - $2,297 |
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Other Procedures at Saint Alphonsus Medical Center Ontario
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
- Mid-Columbia Medical Center · The Dalles $113
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.