CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, head (with contrast)

Facility: HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast

Billing Code: 70460 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$254

about 1.4× the $179 Medicare rate · typically $172–$509

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$168

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $86 under the fair price · 0.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $179 Fair price $254 This hospital $168 Cash price $14,461 Hospital's list price $14,461

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How this hospital compares to other TX hospitals

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

Cheapest $53 Priciest $168

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 TX 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 contrast) is about $254 (about 1.4× the $179 Medicare rate). HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast charges insurers about $168, or about $14,461 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Pasadena, TX.

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	$156 - $6,508	87%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$392 - $5,061	219%
Aetnamajor	$166 - $1,301	93%
Cignamajor	$1,635 - $11,569	912%
Humanamajor	$190 - $1,863	106%
Amerigroup	$152	85%
Fidelis Care	$6,508	3632%
Health Net	$149	83%
Molina	$168	94%
+ 11 smaller / regional plans	$152 - $12,292

Government programs also on file: Medicaid.

Excludes 7 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 14,461), 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 HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast 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.

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Other Procedures at HCA Houston Healthcare Southeast

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