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 CTA HEAD W CONT INCL NON CONT
Boone, NC
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Watauga Medical Center, Inc’s median price of $863 is 66% above the median hospital's median price ($519), higher than 64% 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: 9 payers, 20 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 medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $161.55 | $161.55 | $161.55 – $161.55 |
| 2 | Humana medicare hmo/medicare ppo facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $166.55 | $166.55 | $166.55 – $166.55 |
| 3 | Optum vaccn facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $166.55 | $166.55 | $166.55 – $166.55 |
| 4 | Optum vaccn behavioral health facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $166.55 | $166.55 | $166.55 – $166.55 |
| 5 | UnitedHealthcare medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $174.88 | $174.88 | $174.88 – $174.88 |
| 6 | Aetna medicare advantage facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $176.54 | $176.54 | $176.54 – $176.54 |
| 7 | Aetna commercial facility · fee schedule · outpatient | $643.00 | $643.00 | $643.00 – $643.00 |
| 8 | Amerihealth Caritas managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $854.43 | $854.43 | $854.43 – $854.43 |
| 9 | UnitedHealthcare chip/medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $854.43 | $854.43 | $854.43 – $854.43 |
| 10 | WellCare managed medicaid facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $862.97 | $862.97 | $862.97 – $862.97 |
| 11 | Blue Cross Blue Shield blue select/blue value/hmo/ppo facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,173 | $2,173 | $2,173 – $2,173 |
| 12 | Medcost ultra facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,505 | $2,505 | $2,505 – $2,505 |
| 13 | UnitedHealthcare individual exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,574 | $2,574 | $2,574 – $2,574 |
| 14 | Medcost ultra facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,609 | $2,609 | $2,609 – $2,609 |
| 15 | Medcost standard facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,612 | $2,612 | $2,612 – $2,612 |
| 16 | UnitedHealthcare individual exchange facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,671 | $2,671 | $2,671 – $2,671 |
| 17 | Medcost standard facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $2,720 | $2,720 | $2,720 – $2,720 |
| 18 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · outpatientfrom % of charges | $2,999 | $2,999 | $2,620 – $3,377 |
| 19 | Cigna commercial facility · percent of total billed charges · inpatientfrom % of charges | $3,315 | $3,315 | $3,253 – $3,377 |
| 20 | UnitedHealthcare commercial facility · per diem · outpatient | $5,675 | $5,675 | $5,675 – $5,675 |
Last updated: Jun 3, 2026
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