CT scan, sinuses
Facility: Reading Hospital
Billing Code: 70486 (CPT)
A typical price — 5 charge more and 3 charge less, among the 9 PA hospitals compared.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 PA 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 $106 (about 1.0× the $107 Medicare rate). Reading Hospital charges insurers about $99, or about $2,406 in cash — about the fair price. Located in West Reading, PA.
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
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 | $97 - $786 | 91% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $127 - $1,499 | 119% |
| Aetnamajor | $194 - $2,372 | 182% |
| Cignamajor | $1,966 | 1841% |
| AmeriHealth | $99 | 93% |
| Geisinger | $93 - $2,176 | 87% |
| Health Net | $1,547 | 1448% |
| HealthPartners | $99 | 93% |
| UPMC Health Plan | $85 - $1,856 | 80% |
| + 7 smaller / regional plans | $93 - $3,265 |
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Other Procedures at Reading Hospital
Compare: CT scan, sinuses at other PA hospitals
- Penn Highlands Connellsville · Connellsville $88
- Heritage Valley Beaver · Beaver $96
- Heritage Valley Sewickley · Sewickley $96
- Penn State Health Hampden Medical Center · Enola $103
- Penn State Health Lancaster Medical Center · Lancaster $104
- Magee Memorial Hospital for Convalescents · Philadelphia $105
- Uniontown Hospital · Uniontown $106
- Penn State Health St. Joseph · Reading $107
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.