CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, head (with contrast)

Facility: Dunes Surgical Hospital

Billing Code: 70460 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$362

about 2.0× the $179 Medicare rate · typically $190–$537

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$600

Above the fair price

about $238 over the fair price · 3.4× Medicare

Medicare pays $179 Fair price $362 This hospital $600 Cash price $281 Hospital's list price $1,957

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

How this hospital compares to other SD hospitals

On the higher side — 6 of 8 other SD hospitals charge less.

Cheapest $109 Priciest $893

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 SD hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.

A fair price for a CT scan, head (with contrast) is about $362 (about 2.0× the $179 Medicare rate). Dunes Surgical Hospital charges insurers about $600, or about $281 in cash — above the fair price. Located in Dakota Dunes, SD.

This price is above the fair BaseRate — you may be able to pay less

Ask the hospital for the cash / self-pay price, check whether you qualify for financial assistance, or negotiate the bill down toward the fair price of about $362. Many patients pay well below the first number they’re quoted — the checklists below walk you through it.

What each insurance company pays

Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.

3 of 6 major insurers have a published price at this hospital

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Cigna AetnaHumanaKaiser Permanente

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	$187 - $1,566	104%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$191 - $600	107%
Cignamajor	$1,370	765%
Amerigroup	$194	108%
HealthPartners	$1,898	1059%
Molina	$193	108%
Oscar Health	$223	124%
Sanford Health Plan	$1,663	928%
+ 5 smaller / regional plans	$187 - $1,663

Excludes 2 rental-network / third-party entries (e.g. Multiplan, PHCS) — these are pricing networks, not insurers.

Self-Pay How to get the cash price

Tell the billing desk you want to be billed as self-pay — not through insurance — before your visit.
Ask for the cash / prompt-pay discount in writing, with the exact price (about 281), before you agree to anything.
Get it in writing that they won’t also bill your insurance, so the cash price is what you owe.
Check the CPT code on your bill matches exactly: 70460.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Dunes Surgical Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 70460.
Confirm the doctor or provider is in-network too — not just the hospital building.
Check your Explanation of Benefits against the hospital’s final itemized bill.

Estimate your out-of-pocket cost

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

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Other Procedures at Dunes Surgical Hospital

Compare: CT scan, head (with contrast) at other SD hospitals

Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.