CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, sinuses

Facility: Carilion Medical Center

Billing Code: 70486 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$110

about 1.0× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $106–$236

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$110

About the fair price

1.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $110 This hospital $110 Cash price $776 Hospital's list price $2,216

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How this hospital compares to other VA hospitals

A typical price — 0 charge more and 4 charge less, among the 9 VA hospitals compared.

Cheapest $104 Priciest $110

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 VA 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, sinuses is about $110 (about 1.0× the $107 Medicare rate). Carilion Medical Center charges insurers about $110, or about $776 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Roanoke, VA.

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	$101 - $1,811	95%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$100 - $381	94%
Aetnamajor	$92 - $1,471	86%
Cignamajor	$1,494 - $1,596	1399%
Humanamajor	$94 - $123	88%
Sentara	$103 - $1,374	96%
+ 8 smaller / regional plans	$1,219 - $2,105

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 776), 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: 70486.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Carilion Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 70486.
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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