CT scan, head (with and without contrast)
Facility: St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
Billing Code: 70470 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $187 compared to the $190 fair price benchmark.
5-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 0.98× 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.
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 $190 (about 1.1× the $179 Medicare rate). St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus charges insurers about $187, or about $5,740 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Lehighton, 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 | $191 - $1,999 | 107% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $177 - $1,934 | 99% |
| Aetnamajor | $181 - $2,414 | 101% |
| Cignamajor | $1,893 | 1056% |
| Humanamajor | $184 | 103% |
| AmeriHealth | $191 | 107% |
| Geisinger | $181 - $1,945 | 101% |
| Oscar Health | $1,795 | 1002% |
| UPMC Health Plan | $186 - $1,896 | 104% |
| + 1 smaller / regional plan | $229 |
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Other Procedures at St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus
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.
Audit a Bill or Quote at St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $2,511
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 = $2,511).
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($5,740) Beats Your Bill
St Luke's Hospital - Carbon Campus's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $5,740 (vs. $187 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $190 Fair BaseRate ($179 Medicare)
Your bill ($6,916) is $6,726 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($190) and 38.6× 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.