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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CTA HEAD W/WO CON W/PST PROC
Altoona, PA
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UPMC Altoona’s median price of $1.1k is 120% above the median hospital's median price ($519), higher than 72% of the 2,615 hospitals reporting CPT 70496. The highlighted bar is where this hospital falls; shaded is the middle 50% of hospitals.
Negotiated rates from the hospital’s own file: 5 payers, 9 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 medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $200.20 | $200.20 | $200.20 – $200.20 |
| 2 | UnitedHealthcare pa chip/pa medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $210.21 | $210.21 | $210.21 – $210.21 |
| 3 | Highmark medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $296.90 | $296.90 | $296.90 – $296.90 |
| 4 | Amerihealth Caritas community healthchoices (chc)/medicaid facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $312.53 | $312.53 | $312.53 – $312.53 |
| 5 | Highmark community blue medicare advantage/complete blue medicare advantage/freedom blue medicare advantage/security blue medicare advantage/together blue medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $431.63 | $431.63 | $431.63 – $431.63 |
| 6 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,348 | $1,348 | $1,348 – $1,348 |
| 7 | Highmark medicare facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,348 | $1,348 | $1,348 – $1,348 |
| 8 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,381 | $1,381 | $1,381 – $1,381 |
| 9 | Aetna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $1,428 | $1,428 | $1,428 – $1,428 |
Last updated: Mar 6, 2026
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