CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, head (with and without contrast)

Facility: Memorial Healthcare System, Inc

Billing Code: 70470 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$335

about 1.9× the $179 Medicare rate · typically $226–$376

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$301

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $34 under the fair price · 1.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $179 Fair price $335 This hospital $301 Cash price $1,657 Hospital's list price $3,918

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How this hospital compares to other TN hospitals

Highest price of the 9 TN hospitals we have prices for — worth calling around.

Cheapest $56 Priciest $301

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 TN 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 $335 (about 1.9× the $179 Medicare rate). Memorial Healthcare System, Inc charges insurers about $301, or about $1,657 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Chattanooga, TN.

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna✓ Humana Kaiser 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	$176 - $410	98%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$166 - $339	93%
Aetnamajor	$2,743	1531%
Cignamajor	$167 - $302	93%
Humanamajor	$169 - $1,389	94%
Ambetter (Centene)	$300	167%
Amerigroup	$171	95%
Health Net	$267	149%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$759 - $1,467

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (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 1,657), 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: 70470.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Memorial Healthcare System, Inc is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 70470.
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.

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Other Procedures at Memorial Healthcare System, Inc

Compare: CT scan, head (with and without contrast) at other TN hospitals

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