CMS Price Transparency Data

CT scan, head (with and without contrast)

Facility: Preston Memorial Hospital

Billing Code: 70470 (CPT)

The BaseRate · fair price medium confidence

A fair price for this

$364

about 2.0× the $179 Medicare rate · typically $149–$884

modeled estimate · not a bill or quote

Medicare pays $179 Fair price $364 Cash price $1,162 Hospital's list price $2,325

How we calculate the fair BaseRate →

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✓ Humana Kaiser 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	$1,395 - $2,092	778%
Blue Cross Blue Shieldmajor	$1,691 - $2,060	944%
Aetnamajor	$1,395 - $2,092	778%
Cignamajor	$2,139	1194%
Humanamajor	$1,395	778%
GEHA	$2,208	1232%
UniCare	$103	57%
UPMC Health Plan	$1,464	817%
+ 3 smaller / regional plans	$1,395 - $2,255

Government programs also on file: Medicare, Medicaid.

Excludes 1 rental-network / third-party entry (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 1,162), 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: 70470.

Insurance Before you use insurance

Call your insurance company to confirm Preston Memorial Hospital is in-network.
Ask your insurer whether prior approval is required for CPT code 70470.
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

A rough estimate of what you’d pay with insurance (deductible + coinsurance) versus paying the cash price yourself.

How you’d pay

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Other Procedures at Preston Memorial Hospital

Compare: CT scan, head (with and without contrast) at other WV hospitals

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