CT scan, head (with and without contrast)
Facility: North Country Hospital and Health Center
Billing Code: 70470 (CPT)
This hospital's typical commercial price is $70 compared to the $120 fair price benchmark.
1-Star CMS clinical quality rating paired with 0.58× fair market pricing.
One of the lower prices — 7 of 8 other VT hospitals charge more for the same procedure.
Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 VT hospitals with a price for this procedure. Full list below.
Note: 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 $120 (about 0.7× the $179 Medicare rate). North Country Hospital and Health Center charges insurers about $70, or about $1,594 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. Located in Newport, VT.
What each insurance company pays
Which insurers have negotiated a price with this hospital for this procedure — and which haven’t.
3 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 | $40 - $3,042 | 22% |
| Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor | $80 - $2,822 | 45% |
| Cignamajor | $76 - $3,025 | 42% |
| Harvard Pilgrim | $2,772 | 1547% |
| MVP Health Care | $64 - $3,008 | 36% |
Self-Pay How to get the cash price
Insurance Before you use insurance
Estimate your out-of-pocket cost
A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.
Other Procedures at North Country Hospital and Health Center
Compare: CT scan, head (with and without contrast) at other VT hospitals
- Porter Hospital Inc · Middlebury $66
- Gifford Medical Center · Randolph $87
- Central Vermont Medical Center · Barre $138
- Southwestern Vermont Medical Center · Bennington $156
- Brattleboro Memorial Hospital · Brattleboro $163
- Univ. of Vermont - Fletcher Allen Health Care · Burlington $179
- Springfield Hospital · Springfield $931
- Grace Cottage Hospital · Townshend $1,106
Insurance negotiated median for the same procedure, sorted lowest first.
Audit a Bill or Quote at North Country Hospital and Health Center (Zero PHI Required)
Statutory 501(r) AGB Cap Limits Bill to $723
At 274% FPL (201%–400% FPL tier), 26 U.S.C. § 501(r)(5) caps FAP-eligible bills at Amounts Generally Billed (36.3% of gross = $723).
Self-Pay Cash Rate ($1,594) Beats Your Bill
North Country Hospital and Health Center's published 45 CFR § 180 self-pay cash rate is $1,594 (vs. $70 commercial insurer median). Ask billing to reclassify the visit to prompt-pay self-pay if it beats your deductible.
Negotiate Toward $120 Fair BaseRate ($179 Medicare)
Your bill ($1,993) is $1,873 above the denoised Fair BaseRate ($120) and 11.1× the $179 Medicare rate.
Clinical Quality, Patient Experience & Infection Benchmarks
Source: CMS Hospital Care Compare. Clinical quality metrics summarize historical facility-wide cohorts and are not medical advice for individual care decisions.
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Verify the Raw Data: Official Hospital MRF, CMS Medicare.gov & Federal Filings
Safe-Harbor Data Corrections: Parsed directly from public 45 CFR § 180 hospital filings, CMS Care Compare, and CMS HCRIS cost reports. Hospital compliance officers may submit updated MRF URLs or rate tables for verification.