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

CT angiogram of the blood vessels of the head

CPT 70496the billing code this page is about

A contrast-dye CT scan that maps the arteries and veins inside the head, including any plain images taken and computer processing of the pictures.

Hospitals typically charge $1,750 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,330 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,794. Most fall between $797 and $3,150 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,330
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 3,330 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
$508$946$1,750$2,825$4,480

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($508 vs $4,480).

How the prices are spread

$290 – $398: 83 hospitals$290$398 – $547: 137 hospitals$547 – $750: 230 hospitals$547$750 – $1,030: 307 hospitals$1,030 – $1,413: 420 hospitals$1,030$1,413 – $1,939: 501 hospitals$1,939 – $2,661: 590 hospitals$1,939$2,661 – $3,652: 420 hospitals$3,652 – $5,012: 206 hospitals$3,652$5,012 – $6,878: 104 hospitals$5,012median $1,750price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,998 of 3,330 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$290$39883
$398$547137
$547$750230
$750$1,030307
$1,030$1,413420
$1,413$1,939501
$1,939$2,661590
$2,661$3,652420
$3,652$5,012206
$5,012$6,878104

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$179
Median cash price$1,750
Cash as a multiple of Medicare9.8×

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 $1,750.

Alaska: median $3,228 across 17 hospitalsAK$3,228Maine: median $971 across 25 hospitalsME$971Vermont: median $3,126 across 12 hospitalsVT$3,126New Hampshire: median $1,947 across 22 hospitalsNH$1,947Washington: median $1,902 across 71 hospitalsWA$1,902Idaho: median $1,346 across 22 hospitalsID$1,346Montana: median $1,802 across 18 hospitalsMT$1,802North Dakota: median $2,006 across 28 hospitalsND$2,006Minnesota: median $1,589 across 99 hospitalsMN$1,589Illinois: median $2,412 across 138 hospitalsIL$2,412Wisconsin: median $1,917 across 107 hospitalsWI$1,917Michigan: median $1,505 across 83 hospitalsMI$1,505New York: median $858 across 112 hospitalsNY$858Massachusetts: median $1,786 across 53 hospitalsMA$1,786Oregon: median $1,785 across 46 hospitalsOR$1,785Nevada: median $1,811 across 21 hospitalsNV$1,811Wyoming: median $1,639 across 13 hospitalsWY$1,639South Dakota: median $3,275 across 42 hospitalsSD$3,275Iowa: median $2,049 across 89 hospitalsIA$2,049Indiana: median $1,005 across 96 hospitalsIN$1,005Ohio: median $1,382 across 142 hospitalsOH$1,382Pennsylvania: median $1,295 across 114 hospitalsPA$1,295New Jersey: median $441 across 57 hospitalsNJ$441Connecticut: median $1,820 across 19 hospitalsCT$1,820Rhode Island: median $716 across 10 hospitalsRI$716California: median $2,964 across 214 hospitalsCA$2,964Utah: median $2,034 across 42 hospitalsUT$2,034Colorado: median $2,063 across 66 hospitalsCO$2,063Nebraska: median $2,919 across 80 hospitalsNE$2,919Missouri: median $1,529 across 74 hospitalsMO$1,529Kentucky: median $1,490 across 67 hospitalsKY$1,490West Virginia: median $1,260 across 41 hospitalsWV$1,260Virginia: median $1,543 across 71 hospitalsVA$1,543Maryland: median $286 across 37 hospitalsMD$286Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,378 across 53 hospitalsAZ$1,378New Mexico: median $1,730 across 30 hospitalsNM$1,730Kansas: median $1,692 across 82 hospitalsKS$1,692Arkansas: median $621 across 38 hospitalsAR$621Tennessee: median $1,003 across 77 hospitalsTN$1,003North Carolina: median $1,975 across 95 hospitalsNC$1,975South Carolina: median $2,104 across 53 hospitalsSC$2,104Oklahoma: median $1,196 across 69 hospitalsOK$1,196Louisiana: median $849 across 55 hospitalsLA$849Mississippi: median $973 across 48 hospitalsMS$973Alabama: median $1,538 across 42 hospitalsAL$1,538Georgia: median $1,579 across 105 hospitalsGA$1,579Hawaii: median $1,619 across 17 hospitalsHI$1,619Texas: median $2,381 across 240 hospitalsTX$2,381Florida: median $3,536 across 172 hospitalsFL$3,536
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,750. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL172$3,536+102%$1,388 – $11,555
South Dakota SD42$3,275+87%$2,650 – $3,940
Alaska AK17$3,228+84%$1,126 – $4,378
Vermont VT12$3,126+79%$1,226 – $5,305
California CA214$2,964+69%$1,354 – $5,186
Nebraska NE80$2,919+67%$1,715 – $3,342
Illinois IL138$2,412+38%$1,313 – $3,656
Texas TX240$2,381+36%$1,061 – $4,727
South Carolina SC53$2,104+20%$1,228 – $2,850
Colorado CO66$2,063+18%$1,167 – $3,283
Iowa IA89$2,049+17%$1,567 – $2,529
Utah UT42$2,034+16%$1,261 – $2,260
North Dakota ND28$2,006+15%$1,421 – $2,442
North Carolina NC95$1,975+13%$1,274 – $2,751
New Hampshire NH22$1,947+11%$1,505 – $4,323
Wisconsin WI107$1,917+10%$777 – $2,307
Washington WA71$1,902+9%$1,214 – $2,868
Connecticut CT19$1,820+4%$805 – $2,530
Nevada NV21$1,811+3%$736 – $3,274
Montana MT18$1,802+3%$1,234 – $2,426
Massachusetts MA53$1,786+2%$897 – $3,413
Oregon OR46$1,785+2%$1,416 – $2,498
New Mexico NM30$1,730−1%$997 – $2,452
Kansas KS82$1,692−3%$1,032 – $2,479
Wyoming WY13$1,639−6%$1,023 – $2,737
Hawaii HI17$1,619−7%$1,157 – $2,030
Minnesota MN99$1,589−9%$813 – $2,457
Georgia GA105$1,579−10%$892 – $2,844
Virginia VA71$1,543−12%$992 – $2,792
Alabama AL42$1,538−12%$698 – $2,342
Missouri MO74$1,529−13%$989 – $2,841
Michigan MI83$1,505−14%$640 – $2,975
Kentucky KY67$1,490−15%$898 – $2,512
Ohio OH142$1,382−21%$798 – $2,237
Arizona AZ53$1,378−21%$440 – $7,084
Idaho ID22$1,346−23%$1,093 – $2,034
Pennsylvania PA114$1,295−26%$362 – $3,441
West Virginia WV41$1,260−28%$1,005 – $2,098
Oklahoma OK69$1,196−32%$691 – $2,027
Indiana IN96$1,005−43%$542 – $1,987
Tennessee TN77$1,003−43%$560 – $1,906
Mississippi MS48$973−44%$619 – $1,349
Maine ME25$971−44%$515 – $2,121
New York NY112$858−51%$371 – $2,570
Louisiana LA55$849−51%$475 – $1,718
Rhode Island RI10$716−59%$546 – $2,035
Arkansas AR38$621−64%$384 – $1,137
New Jersey NJ57$441−75%$210 – $1,023
Maryland MD37$286−84%$199 – $383
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 $1,750.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,361$1,672$715 – $3,283
Children’s63$2,239$1,538 – $4,685
Critical access896$1,886$1,011 – $2,919
Ownership
For-profit486$2,464$954 – $7,923
Government589$1,702$818 – $2,749
Non-profit2,245$1,720$759 – $2,868
System affiliation
Part of a system2,746$1,793$798 – $3,237
Independent584$1,595$784 – $2,721

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,981
Median cash price$1,750
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

2,281 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,816 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,852; most fall between $873 and $3,089.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,281 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
$560$1,018$1,816$2,830$4,082

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.3× what the cheapest tenth charges ($560 vs $4,082).

Of the 2,530 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,281 gave a usable cash price; 141 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

3,330 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 3,683 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,330
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 — excluded119
Hospitals that filed this code3,683

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 September 4, 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 Angiography Head W/Contrast/Noncontrast|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 angiogram of the blood vessels of the head (CPT 70496) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-70496-ct-angiogram-of-the-blood-vessels-of-the-head