CT scan, head (with and without contrast)
Facility: Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Billing Code: 70470 (CPT)
On the higher side — 5 of 7 other VT hospitals charge less.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 8 VT 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 $156 (about 0.9× the $179 Medicare rate). Brattleboro Memorial Hospital charges insurers about $163, or about $2,160 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Brattleboro, VT.
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
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 | $120 - $2,931 | 67% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $57 - $2,777 | 32% |
| Aetnamajor | $2,993 | 1670% |
| Cignamajor | $57 - $2,931 | 32% |
| Humanamajor | $171 | 95% |
| AmeriHealth | $50 - $150 | 28% |
| Harvard Pilgrim | $57 - $2,684 | 32% |
| MVP Health Care | $57 - $2,777 | 32% |
| Tufts Health Plan | $151 - $2,822 | 84% |
| WellCare | $60 - $179 | 33% |
| WellSense | $50 - $183 | 28% |
| + 4 smaller / regional plans | $50 - $2,993 |
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A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.
Other Procedures at Brattleboro Memorial Hospital
Compare: CT scan, head (with and without contrast) at other VT hospitals
- Porter Hospital Inc · Middlebury $66
- North Country Hospital and Health Center · Newport $70
- Gifford Medical Center · Randolph $87
- Central Vermont Medical Center · Barre $138
- Southwestern Vermont Medical Center · Bennington $156
- Univ. of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health Care · Burlington $179
- Copley Hospital · Morrisville $1,412
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.