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.
Original text from hospital filings
IR CT NECK W CONTRAST
Washington, DC
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MedStar Washington Hospital Center’s median price of $806 is 77% above the median hospital's median price ($456), higher than 66% of the 2,626 hospitals reporting CPT 70491. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 10 payers, 25 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 | Carefirst carefirst medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $207.21 | $207.21 | $207.21 – $207.21 |
| 2 | Tricare tricare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $207.21 | $207.21 | $207.21 – $207.21 |
| 3 | UnitedHealthcare optum va community care facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $207.21 | $207.21 | $207.21 – $207.21 |
| 4 | UnitedHealthcare united secure facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $209.28 | $209.28 | $209.28 – $209.28 |
| 5 | Aetna aetna medicare facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $213.43 | $213.43 | $213.43 – $213.43 |
| 6 | Humana humana medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $217.57 | $217.57 | $217.57 – $217.57 |
| 7 | Kaiser kaiser medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $217.57 | $217.57 | $217.57 – $217.57 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare community plan of maryland facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $546.08 | $546.08 | $546.08 – $546.08 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare unitedhealthcare community plan of maryland facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $546.08 | $546.08 | $546.08 – $546.08 |
| 10 | Kaiser kaiser va mco facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $607.45 | $607.45 | $607.45 – $607.45 |
| 11 | Kaiser kaiser md mco facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $627.99 | $627.99 | $627.99 – $627.99 |
| 12 | Amerihealth Caritas amerihealth facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $692.90 | $692.90 | $692.90 – $692.90 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare uhc navigate/core facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $848.81 | $848.81 | $848.81 – $848.81 |
| 14 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare all hmo products facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $884.10 | $884.10 | $884.10 – $884.10 |
| 15 | Kaiser all kaiser commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $941.51 | $941.51 | $941.51 – $941.51 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare united healthcare all ppo products facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $982.11 | $982.11 | $982.11 – $982.11 |
| 17 | Aetna aetna all hmo and ppo plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,099 | $1,099 | $1,099 – $1,099 |
| 18 | Phcs private healthcare systems (phcs) facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,506 | $1,506 | $1,506 – $1,506 |
| 19 | Phcs private healthcare systems (phcs) facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,506 | $1,506 | $1,506 – $1,506 |
| 20 | Carefirst all carefirst hmo plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,534 | $1,534 | $1,534 – $1,534 |
| 21 | Carefirst all carefirst ppo plans facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $1,534 | $1,534 | $1,534 – $1,534 |
| 22 | Cigna all cigna hmo facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,592 | $1,592 | $1,592 – $1,592 |
| 23 | Cigna all cigna ppo facility · case rate · outpatient | $1,592 | $1,592 | $1,592 – $1,592 |
| 24 | First Health first health facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $1,601 | $1,601 | $1,601 – $1,601 |
| 25 | First Health first health facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,601 | $1,601 | $1,601 – $1,601 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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