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Procedure price report · Computerized axial tomography (CT) scan head

CT scan of the face and sinuses without contrast

CPT 70486the billing code this page is about

A CT scan of the facial bones, jaws, and sinuses taken without injected contrast dye.

Hospitals typically charge $1,125 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,369 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,161. Most fall between $525 and $2,056 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,369
States
50
Filings dated
Aug 2022 – Sep 2026
Computed
September 25, 2026
Prices checked
through September 24, 2026

Median: half of hospitals filed less, half more — and it is a price some hospital actually filed. Average of the middle 60%: the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain average, the lowest or the highest price: the extremes in hospital price files are chargemaster artefacts, not prices anyone pays.

What hospitals charge, from cheapest to most expensive

Cash price percentiles, outpatient, across 3,369 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$297$625$1,125$1,798$2,934

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($297 vs $2,934).

How the prices are spread

$147 – $207: 57 hospitals$147$207 – $291: 99 hospitals$291 – $411: 174 hospitals$291$411 – $579: 288 hospitals$579 – $816: 385 hospitals$579$816 – $1,149: 566 hospitals$1,149 – $1,620: 629 hospitals$1,149$1,620 – $2,283: 467 hospitals$2,283 – $3,217: 263 hospitals$2,283$3,217 – $4,534: 106 hospitals$3,217median $1,125price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (3,034 of 3,369 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$147$20757
$207$29199
$291$411174
$411$579288
$579$816385
$816$1,149566
$1,149$1,620629
$1,620$2,283467
$2,283$3,217263
$3,217$4,534106

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$107
Median cash price$1,125
Cash as a multiple of Medicare10.5×

The Medicare figure is the national unadjusted OPPS rate for this code — what Medicare itself pays a hospital before local wage adjustment. It is a benchmark, not a price anyone is charged.

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,125.

Alaska: median $1,832 across 17 hospitalsAK$1,832Maine: median $648 across 25 hospitalsME$648Vermont: median $1,989 across 12 hospitalsVT$1,989New Hampshire: median $1,296 across 22 hospitalsNH$1,296Washington: median $729 across 70 hospitalsWA$729Idaho: median $819 across 22 hospitalsID$819Montana: median $1,115 across 19 hospitalsMT$1,115North Dakota: median $1,036 across 32 hospitalsND$1,036Minnesota: median $1,047 across 101 hospitalsMN$1,047Illinois: median $1,686 across 136 hospitalsIL$1,686Wisconsin: median $1,097 across 109 hospitalsWI$1,097Michigan: median $971 across 86 hospitalsMI$971New York: median $520 across 110 hospitalsNY$520Massachusetts: median $1,020 across 53 hospitalsMA$1,020Oregon: median $930 across 46 hospitalsOR$930Nevada: median $1,540 across 21 hospitalsNV$1,540Wyoming: median $1,362 across 14 hospitalsWY$1,362South Dakota: median $2,260 across 43 hospitalsSD$2,260Iowa: median $1,326 across 88 hospitalsIA$1,326Indiana: median $588 across 96 hospitalsIN$588Ohio: median $888 across 143 hospitalsOH$888Pennsylvania: median $865 across 114 hospitalsPA$865New Jersey: median $396 across 57 hospitalsNJ$396Connecticut: median $1,004 across 22 hospitalsCT$1,004Rhode Island: median $807 across 10 hospitalsRI$807California: median $2,184 across 217 hospitalsCA$2,184Utah: median $1,392 across 42 hospitalsUT$1,392Colorado: median $1,191 across 66 hospitalsCO$1,191Nebraska: median $1,834 across 82 hospitalsNE$1,834Missouri: median $883 across 76 hospitalsMO$883Kentucky: median $1,246 across 67 hospitalsKY$1,246West Virginia: median $715 across 42 hospitalsWV$715Virginia: median $1,050 across 71 hospitalsVA$1,050Maryland: median $133 across 38 hospitalsMD$133Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $815 across 53 hospitalsAZ$815New Mexico: median $992 across 29 hospitalsNM$992Kansas: median $982 across 87 hospitalsKS$982Arkansas: median $569 across 38 hospitalsAR$569Tennessee: median $584 across 78 hospitalsTN$584North Carolina: median $1,145 across 95 hospitalsNC$1,145South Carolina: median $1,379 across 53 hospitalsSC$1,379Oklahoma: median $931 across 71 hospitalsOK$931Louisiana: median $624 across 55 hospitalsLA$624Mississippi: median $564 across 49 hospitalsMS$564Alabama: median $960 across 42 hospitalsAL$960Georgia: median $863 across 109 hospitalsGA$863Hawaii: median $1,159 across 17 hospitalsHI$1,159Texas: median $1,667 across 246 hospitalsTX$1,667Florida: median $2,632 across 172 hospitalsFL$2,632
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,125. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL172$2,632+134%$1,095 – $9,489
South Dakota SD43$2,260+101%$1,790 – $3,062
California CA217$2,184+94%$891 – $3,568
Vermont VT12$1,989+77%$1,045 – $2,399
Nebraska NE82$1,834+63%$1,214 – $2,191
Alaska AK17$1,832+63%$1,154 – $2,231
Illinois IL136$1,686+50%$818 – $2,606
Texas TX246$1,667+48%$765 – $2,960
Nevada NV21$1,540+37%$603 – $2,171
Utah UT42$1,392+24%$1,065 – $1,631
South Carolina SC53$1,379+23%$930 – $2,078
Wyoming WY14$1,362+21%$649 – $2,217
Iowa IA88$1,326+18%$1,008 – $1,620
New Hampshire NH22$1,296+15%$811 – $2,356
Kentucky KY67$1,246+11%$727 – $2,134
Colorado CO66$1,191+6%$842 – $2,056
Hawaii HI17$1,159+3%$821 – $1,394
North Carolina NC95$1,145+2%$846 – $1,917
Montana MT19$1,115−1%$799 – $1,501
Wisconsin WI109$1,097−2%$444 – $1,489
Virginia VA71$1,050−7%$628 – $2,276
Minnesota MN101$1,047−7%$565 – $1,437
North Dakota ND32$1,036−8%$916 – $1,257
Massachusetts MA53$1,020−9%$515 – $1,659
Connecticut CT22$1,004−11%$457 – $1,181
New Mexico NM29$992−12%$714 – $1,613
Kansas KS87$982−13%$636 – $1,558
Michigan MI86$971−14%$356 – $1,801
Alabama AL42$960−15%$297 – $1,926
Oklahoma OK71$931−17%$560 – $1,258
Oregon OR46$930−17%$671 – $1,326
Ohio OH143$888−21%$512 – $1,304
Missouri MO76$883−21%$675 – $1,682
Pennsylvania PA114$865−23%$176 – $2,125
Georgia GA109$863−23%$525 – $1,716
Idaho ID22$819−27%$737 – $1,167
Arizona AZ53$815−28%$257 – $2,840
Rhode Island RI10$807−28%$285 – $1,041
Washington WA70$729−35%$376 – $1,424
West Virginia WV42$715−36%$527 – $1,463
Maine ME25$648−42%$302 – $1,141
Louisiana LA55$624−45%$318 – $1,128
Indiana IN96$588−48%$394 – $1,238
Tennessee TN78$584−48%$381 – $1,214
Arkansas AR38$569−49%$384 – $1,018
Mississippi MS49$564−50%$397 – $727
New York NY110$520−54%$151 – $1,907
New Jersey NJ57$396−65%$125 – $625
Maryland MD38$133−88%$93 – $184
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price

Hospitals like yours

The same distribution cut by the kind of hospital. Hospital type and ownership come from CMS; a hospital counts as part of a system when its price file is shared with at least one other hospital under the same brand. The national median is $1,125.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,369$1,078$470 – $2,189
Children’s64$1,332$765 – $2,600
Critical access926$1,167$658 – $1,830
Ownership
For-profit486$1,691$627 – $6,380
Government610$1,091$533 – $1,730
Non-profit2,263$1,069$499 – $1,893
System affiliation
Part of a system2,772$1,137$532 – $2,125
Independent597$1,078$514 – $1,795

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,893
Median cash price$1,125
Cash as a share of list, median hospital65%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 35%. The share is the median of each hospital’s own cash ÷ list ratio, over hospitals that filed both — not the ratio of the two medians above.

The same procedure, inpatient

2,294 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,185 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,216; most fall between $571 and $2,065.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,294 hospitals. Each figure is a price a hospital filed. 10th: one in ten hospitals charges less; 25th: a quarter charge less; Median: half charge less; 75th: three quarters charge less; 90th: nine in ten charge less.
10th25thMedian75th90th
$335$688$1,185$1,833$2,745

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($335 vs $2,745).

Of the 2,542 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,294 gave a usable cash price; 138 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 110 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,369 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (85%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,724 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,369
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here233
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded121
Hospitals that filed this code3,724

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Since our last snapshot: there is no earlier snapshot at least 90 days older than this one yet.

We last checked these hospitals’ price files for changes between July 20, 2026 and September 24, 2026; the figures were computed September 25, 2026 from filings loaded through September 24, 2026. The percentiles and averages use only the “counted” row.

Related procedures

Part of the Computerized axial tomography (CT) scan head family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as CT Maxillofacial W/O Contrast Material|PROFESSIONAL COMPONENT.

Method

Source
The machine-readable price files every U.S. hospital is required by CMS to publish, parsed per hospital. Nothing is surveyed, sampled or modelled.
What counts
One cash (self-pay) price per hospital for this code and setting. A hospital’s own filing can rule its number out — a placeholder, a “not applicable” note, a list price standing in for cash — and our plausibility checks can flag a price far below what every other hospital files. Both kinds are disclosed above and excluded from the statistics; on the compare tool a flagged price is still shown.
Statistics
Percentiles are discrete: each is a price some hospital filed. The average is the mean of the prices between the 20th and 80th percentiles. We never publish the plain mean, the minimum or the maximum. A state needs 10 hospitals and a segment 20 to show a figure; otherwise the row shows its count and no number. Medicare is the national unadjusted OPPS rate where one exists.
Names
Procedure names on these pages are our own plain-language titles, not the AMA’s copyrighted CPT descriptors. The code is the identity.

The full rules — sources, statistics, thresholds, limitations — are on the methodology page.

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Cite: HospitalRates.com, “CT scan of the face and sinuses without contrast (CPT 70486) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-70486-ct-scan-of-the-face-and-sinuses-without-contrast