CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, head (no contrast)

Facility: Stonesprings Hospital Center

Billing Code: 70450 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$323

about 3.0× the $107 Medicare rate · typically $133–$511

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$292

About the fair price

about $31 under the fair price · 2.7× Medicare

Medicare pays $107 Fair price $323 This hospital $292 Cash price $3,123 Hospital's list price $3,123

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How this hospital compares to other VA hospitals

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

Cheapest $100 Priciest $292

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, head (no contrast) is about $323 (about 3.0× the $107 Medicare rate). Stonesprings Hospital Center charges insurers about $292, or about $3,123 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Dulles, VA.

What each insurance company pays

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

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

✓ UnitedHealthcare✓ Blue Cross Blue Shield✓ Aetna✓ Cigna HumanaKaiser 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	$245 - $1,405	229%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$151 - $1,048	141%
Aetnamajor	$1,819	1703%
Cignamajor	$618 - $1,052	579%
Health Net	$2,217	2076%
+ 2 smaller / regional plans	$593 - $1,874

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 3,123), 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: 70450.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Stonesprings Hospital Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 70450.
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

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Other Procedures at Stonesprings Hospital Center

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