CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, head (with contrast)

Facility: Capital Medical Center

Billing Code: 70460 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price high confidence

A fair price for this

$400

about 2.2× the $179 Medicare rate · typically $267–$464

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

What this hospital charges insurers

$350

Below the fair price — a good deal

about $50 under the fair price · 2.0× Medicare

Medicare pays $179 Fair price $400 This hospital $350 Cash price $1,723 Hospital's list price $4,307

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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 $60 Priciest $350

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, head (with contrast) is about $400 (about 2.2× the $179 Medicare rate). Capital Medical Center charges insurers about $350, or about $1,723 in cash — below the fair price — a good deal. 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	$201 - $924	112%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$195 - $483	109%
Aetnamajor	$199 - $578	111%
Cignamajor	$2,420	1350%
Kaiser Permanentemajor	$1,335	745%
Ambetter (Centene)	$358	200%
Molina	$240 - $358	134%
PacificSource	$1,507 - $2,175	841%
WellCare	$203	113%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$194 - $1,159

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 1,723), 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: 70460.

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 70460.
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

Compare: CT scan, head (with contrast) at other WA hospitals

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