CT head or brain scan with and without contrast dye at Grossmont Hospital Corporation

Hospitals report these codes with terse, inconsistent chargemaster text. This plain-English title was written by an AI model from that text and has not been reviewed by a person, so it can be wrong. The prices on this page come straight from hospital filings and do not depend on it.

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Generated: October 20, 2026

Original text from hospital filings

HC CT SCAN HEAD COMBO - CT HEAD W WO CONTRAST

La Mesa, CA

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Grossmont Hospital Corporation’s median price of $2.8k is 510% above the median hospital's median price ($456), higher than 94% of the 2,604 hospitals reporting CPT 70470. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.

Payers reporting CPT 70470 at Grossmont Hospital Corporation

Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 7 payers, 22 plan rates. A facility fee, a professional fee, a per diem and a case rate are different bills, so each is listed on its own. Open a payer to see it across hospitals.

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1	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,154	$1,154	$1,154 – $1,154
2	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - standard percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,154	$1,154	$1,154 – $1,154
3	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$1,401	$1,401	$1,401 – $1,401
4	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - mcs percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,401	$1,401	$1,401 – $1,401
5	Aetna aetna - ppo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$1,731	$1,731	$1,731 – $1,731
6	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$1,731	$1,731	$1,731 – $1,731
7	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - hmo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$2,061	$2,061	$2,061 – $2,061
8	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - prudent buyer percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$2,514	$2,514	$2,514 – $2,514
9	Cigna cigna - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$2,576	$2,576	$2,576 – $2,576
10	Humana choice care network percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$2,629	$2,629	$2,629 – $2,629
11	Aetna aetna - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$2,761	$2,761	$2,761 – $2,761
12	Aetna first health medicare percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$2,782	$2,782	$2,782 – $2,782
13	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - mcs percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$2,782	$2,782	$2,782 – $2,782
14	Molina molina medi-cal percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$2,843	$2,843	$2,843 – $2,843
15	MultiPlan multiplan percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$2,843	$2,843	$2,843 – $2,843
16	Aetna first health - direct percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$2,885	$2,885	$2,885 – $2,885
17	Aetna first health - direct percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$2,885	$2,885	$2,885 – $2,885
18	Cigna cigna - ppo percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$2,885	$2,885	$2,885 – $2,885
19	Molina molina medi-cal percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$2,885	$2,885	$2,885 – $2,885
20	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue cross - standard percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges	$3,173	$3,173	$3,173 – $3,173
21	UnitedHealthcare united healthcare - hmo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$3,379	$3,379	$3,379 – $3,379
22	Blue Cross Blue Shield blue shield - ppo percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges	$4,039	$4,039	$4,039 – $4,039

Last updated: Apr 1, 2026

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