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

CT scan of the face and sinuses with contrast

CPT 70487the billing code this page is about

A CT scan of the facial bones, jaws, and sinuses taken after contrast dye is given.

Hospitals typically charge $1,397 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,319 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,452. Most fall between $678 and $2,521 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,319
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 3,319 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
$440$806$1,397$2,197$3,548

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($440 vs $3,548).

How the prices are spread

$253 – $345: 71 hospitals$253$345 – $471: 130 hospitals$471 – $642: 250 hospitals$471$642 – $876: 305 hospitals$876 – $1,195: 455 hospitals$876$1,195 – $1,631: 554 hospitals$1,631 – $2,226: 574 hospitals$1,631$2,226 – $3,037: 343 hospitals$3,037 – $4,143: 207 hospitals$3,037$4,143 – $5,653: 101 hospitals$4,143median $1,397price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,990 of 3,319 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$253$34571
$345$471130
$471$642250
$642$876305
$876$1,195455
$1,195$1,631554
$1,631$2,226574
$2,226$3,037343
$3,037$4,143207
$4,143$5,653101

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$179
Median cash price$1,397
Cash as a multiple of Medicare7.8×

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 $1,397.

Alaska: median $2,464 across 17 hospitalsAK$2,464Maine: median $895 across 25 hospitalsME$895Vermont: median $2,160 across 12 hospitalsVT$2,160New Hampshire: median $1,467 across 22 hospitalsNH$1,467Washington: median $1,312 across 70 hospitalsWA$1,312Idaho: median $1,093 across 21 hospitalsID$1,093Montana: median $1,326 across 19 hospitalsMT$1,326North Dakota: median $1,183 across 29 hospitalsND$1,183Minnesota: median $1,246 across 99 hospitalsMN$1,246Illinois: median $1,987 across 136 hospitalsIL$1,987Wisconsin: median $1,427 across 107 hospitalsWI$1,427Michigan: median $1,186 across 84 hospitalsMI$1,186New York: median $935 across 99 hospitalsNY$935Massachusetts: median $1,358 across 53 hospitalsMA$1,358Oregon: median $1,246 across 46 hospitalsOR$1,246Nevada: median $1,750 across 21 hospitalsNV$1,750Wyoming: median $1,678 across 14 hospitalsWY$1,678South Dakota: median $2,598 across 38 hospitalsSD$2,598Iowa: median $1,658 across 86 hospitalsIA$1,658Indiana: median $821 across 96 hospitalsIN$821Ohio: median $1,150 across 142 hospitalsOH$1,150Pennsylvania: median $1,293 across 113 hospitalsPA$1,293New Jersey: median $327 across 57 hospitalsNJ$327Connecticut: median $1,255 across 22 hospitalsCT$1,255Rhode Island: median $1,260 across 10 hospitalsRI$1,260California: median $2,444 across 213 hospitalsCA$2,444Utah: median $1,907 across 40 hospitalsUT$1,907Colorado: median $1,537 across 66 hospitalsCO$1,537Nebraska: median $2,218 across 82 hospitalsNE$2,218Missouri: median $1,191 across 76 hospitalsMO$1,191Kentucky: median $1,240 across 67 hospitalsKY$1,240West Virginia: median $1,095 across 42 hospitalsWV$1,095Virginia: median $1,260 across 71 hospitalsVA$1,260Maryland: median $153 across 38 hospitalsMD$153Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,080 across 53 hospitalsAZ$1,080New Mexico: median $1,561 across 29 hospitalsNM$1,561Kansas: median $1,061 across 83 hospitalsKS$1,061Arkansas: median $604 across 38 hospitalsAR$604Tennessee: median $625 across 77 hospitalsTN$625North Carolina: median $1,478 across 95 hospitalsNC$1,478South Carolina: median $1,688 across 53 hospitalsSC$1,688Oklahoma: median $1,096 across 69 hospitalsOK$1,096Louisiana: median $741 across 54 hospitalsLA$741Mississippi: median $655 across 49 hospitalsMS$655Alabama: median $1,108 across 42 hospitalsAL$1,108Georgia: median $1,239 across 108 hospitalsGA$1,239Hawaii: median $1,184 across 17 hospitalsHI$1,184Texas: median $1,875 across 240 hospitalsTX$1,875Florida: median $3,522 across 173 hospitalsFL$3,522
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,397. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL173$3,522+152%$1,262 – $10,202
South Dakota SD38$2,598+86%$2,228 – $3,489
Alaska AK17$2,464+76%$855 – $3,316
California CA213$2,444+75%$1,224 – $4,489
Nebraska NE82$2,218+59%$1,531 – $2,565
Vermont VT12$2,160+55%$1,226 – $2,997
Illinois IL136$1,987+42%$993 – $3,161
Utah UT40$1,907+36%$1,201 – $2,119
Texas TX240$1,875+34%$1,103 – $3,553
Nevada NV21$1,750+25%$681 – $2,738
South Carolina SC53$1,688+21%$1,120 – $2,521
Wyoming WY14$1,678+20%$812 – $2,537
Iowa IA86$1,658+19%$1,237 – $2,102
New Mexico NM29$1,561+12%$1,117 – $2,009
Colorado CO66$1,537+10%$1,158 – $2,687
North Carolina NC95$1,478+6%$948 – $2,264
New Hampshire NH22$1,467+5%$948 – $3,500
Wisconsin WI107$1,427+2%$500 – $1,741
Massachusetts MA53$1,358−3%$806 – $2,029
Montana MT19$1,326−5%$1,076 – $1,919
Washington WA70$1,312−6%$846 – $2,049
Pennsylvania PA113$1,293−7%$401 – $2,969
Virginia VA71$1,260−10%$751 – $2,731
Rhode Island RI10$1,260−10%$415 – $1,782
Connecticut CT22$1,255−10%$705 – $1,974
Minnesota MN99$1,246−11%$616 – $1,749
Oregon OR46$1,246−11%$868 – $1,860
Kentucky KY67$1,240−11%$786 – $2,362
Georgia GA108$1,239−11%$711 – $2,033
Missouri MO76$1,191−15%$857 – $2,110
Michigan MI84$1,186−15%$432 – $1,982
Hawaii HI17$1,184−15%$945 – $1,695
North Dakota ND29$1,183−15%$1,071 – $1,566
Ohio OH142$1,150−18%$798 – $1,575
Alabama AL42$1,108−21%$575 – $2,618
Oklahoma OK69$1,096−22%$688 – $1,705
West Virginia WV42$1,095−22%$759 – $1,928
Idaho ID21$1,093−22%$914 – $1,474
Arizona AZ53$1,080−23%$331 – $5,018
Kansas KS83$1,061−24%$645 – $1,892
New York NY99$935−33%$219 – $2,676
Maine ME25$895−36%$388 – $1,716
Indiana IN96$821−41%$493 – $1,598
Louisiana LA54$741−47%$401 – $1,328
Mississippi MS49$655−53%$472 – $1,054
Tennessee TN77$625−55%$381 – $1,465
Arkansas AR38$604−57%$384 – $1,281
New Jersey NJ57$327−77%$210 – $875
Maryland MD38$153−89%$106 – $212
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 $1,397.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,346$1,361$623 – $2,822
Children’s63$1,937$1,498 – $3,122
Critical access900$1,415$825 – $2,168
Ownership
For-profit483$1,930$823 – $7,369
Government599$1,343$678 – $2,107
Non-profit2,227$1,358$652 – $2,336
System affiliation
Part of a system2,735$1,419$693 – $2,618
Independent584$1,272$642 – $2,110

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,375
Median cash price$1,397
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

2,263 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,445 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,501; most fall between $752 and $2,494.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,263 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
$494$870$1,445$2,165$3,282

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.6× what the cheapest tenth charges ($494 vs $3,282).

Of the 2,511 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,263 gave a usable cash price; 140 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 108 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,319 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (84%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,669 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,319
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here229
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 — excluded120
Hospitals that filed this code3,669

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/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 with contrast (CPT 70487) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-70487-ct-scan-of-the-face-and-sinuses-with-contrast