CT scan, head (with and without contrast)
Facility: Meadville Medical Center
Billing Code: 70470 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $183 compared to the $189 fair price benchmark.
4-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 0.97× fair market pricing.
Highest price of the 9 PA hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 PA hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
A fair price for a CT scan, head (with and without contrast) is about $189 (about 1.1× the $179 Medicare rate). Meadville Medical Center charges insurers about $183, or about $535 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Meadville, PA.
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 | $56 - $479 | 31% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $56 - $565 | 31% |
| Aetnamajor | $56 - $550 | 31% |
| Cignamajor | $56 - $234 | 31% |
| Humanamajor | $56 - $183 | 31% |
| AmeriHealth | $59 - $100 | 33% |
| Geisinger | $57 - $187 | 32% |
| HealthPartners | $59 - $100 | 33% |
| UPMC Health Plan | $175 - $183 | 98% |
| + 1 smaller / regional plan | $56 - $183 |
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Other Procedures at Meadville Medical Center
Compare: CT scan, head (with and without contrast) at other PA hospitals
- Penn Highlands Connellsville · Connellsville $114
- Reading Hospital · West Reading $128
- Heritage Valley Sewickley · Sewickley $142
- Heritage Valley Beaver · Beaver $145
- Allegheny General Hospital · Pittsburgh $146
- Canonsburg General Hospital · Canonsburg $146
- Jefferson Hospital · Jefferson Hills $146
- Allegheny Valley Hospital · Natrona $148
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
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Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $324
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 = $324).
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($535) Beats Your Bill
Meadville Medical Center's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $535 (vs. $183 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $189 Fair BaseRate ($179 Medicare)
Your bill ($892) is $703 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($189) and 5.0× 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.