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
HC CT HEAD W/WO CONTRAST
Lafayette, LA
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University Hospital & Clinics, Inc.’s median price of $389 is 15% below the median hospital's median price ($456), higher than 44% of the 2,604 hospitals reporting CPT 70470. 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, 12 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 | Aetna all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $161.81 | $161.81 | $161.81 – $161.81 |
| 2 | Optum all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $161.81 | $161.81 | $161.81 – $161.81 |
| 3 | Tricare all payor other · outpatient | $161.81 | $161.81 | $161.81 – $161.81 |
| 4 | WellCare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $169.90 | $169.90 | $169.90 – $169.90 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $281.78 | $281.78 | $161.81 – $401.74 |
| 6 | Aetna Better Health all payor other · outpatient | $389.42 | $389.42 | $389.42 – $389.42 |
| 7 | Amerihealth Caritas all payor other · outpatient | $389.42 | $389.42 | $389.42 – $389.42 |
| 8 | Humana all payor other · outpatient | $389.42 | $389.42 | $389.42 – $389.42 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare all payor other · outpatient | $389.42 | $389.42 | $389.42 – $389.42 |
| 10 | Bcbs La all payor fee schedule · outpatient | $559.50 | $499.44 | $161.81 – $608.19 |
| 11 | Cigna all payor other · outpatient | $537.00 | $537.00 | $537.00 – $537.00 |
| 12 | Aetna all payor other · outpatient | $885.00 | $885.00 | $885.00 – $885.00 |
Last updated: Apr 1, 2026
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