CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, abdomen and pelvis (with contrast)

Facility: Capital Medical Center

Billing Code: 74177 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$760

about 2.1× the $356 Medicare rate · typically $538–$830

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$690

About the fair price

about $70 under the fair price · 1.9× Medicare

Medicare pays $356 Fair price $760 This hospital $690 Cash price $3,554 Hospital's list price $8,885

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How this hospital compares to other WA hospitals

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

Cheapest $97 Priciest $690

Black dot = this hospital, among the 9 WA 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, abdomen and pelvis (with contrast) is about $760 (about 2.1× the $356 Medicare rate). Capital Medical Center charges insurers about $690, or about $3,554 in cash — about the fair price. Located in Olympia, WA.

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✓ Kaiser Permanente Humana

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	$240 - $1,934	67%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$350 - $1,011	98%
Aetnamajor	$400 - $1,159	112%
Cignamajor	$4,992	1401%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$1,335	375%
Ambetter (Centene)	$718	201%
Molina	$240 - $718	67%
PacificSource	$3,110 - $4,487	873%
WellCare	$408	114%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$236 - $2,429

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 3,554), 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: 74177.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Capital Medical Center is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 74177.
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 Capital Medical Center

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