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Procedure price report · CT scan abdomen

CT scan of the pelvis with and without contrast

CPT 72194the billing code this page is about

Computed tomography imaging of the pelvis with scans taken both before and after contrast dye is given.

Hospitals typically charge $1,727 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,171 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,761. Most fall between $806 and $2,978 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,171
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 3,171 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$962$1,727$2,658$4,692

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($508 vs $4,692).

How the prices are spread

$256 – $357: 45 hospitals$256$357 – $497: 103 hospitals$497 – $693: 204 hospitals$497$693 – $967: 290 hospitals$967 – $1,348: 433 hospitals$967$1,348 – $1,880: 496 hospitals$1,880 – $2,622: 608 hospitals$1,880$2,622 – $3,657: 382 hospitals$3,657 – $5,100: 193 hospitals$3,657$5,100 – $7,112: 101 hospitals$5,100median $1,727price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (2,855 of 3,171 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$256$35745
$357$497103
$497$693204
$693$967290
$967$1,348433
$1,348$1,880496
$1,880$2,622608
$2,622$3,657382
$3,657$5,100193
$5,100$7,112101

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$179
Median cash price$1,727
Cash as a multiple of Medicare9.6×

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 $1,727.

Alaska: median $2,226 across 15 hospitalsAK$2,226Maine: median $1,141 across 25 hospitalsME$1,141Vermont: median $2,035 across 12 hospitalsVT$2,035New Hampshire: median $1,860 across 20 hospitalsNH$1,860Washington: median $1,851 across 67 hospitalsWA$1,851Idaho: median $1,093 across 21 hospitalsID$1,093Montana: median $1,888 across 17 hospitalsMT$1,888North Dakota: median $1,954 across 28 hospitalsND$1,954Minnesota: median $1,362 across 76 hospitalsMN$1,362Illinois: median $2,447 across 130 hospitalsIL$2,447Wisconsin: median $1,813 across 98 hospitalsWI$1,813Michigan: median $1,514 across 78 hospitalsMI$1,514New York: median $799 across 110 hospitalsNY$799Massachusetts: median $2,040 across 45 hospitalsMA$2,040Oregon: median $1,481 across 43 hospitalsOR$1,481Nevada: median $2,100 across 21 hospitalsNV$2,100Wyoming: median $2,175 across 14 hospitalsWY$2,175South Dakota: median $2,727 across 23 hospitalsSD$2,727Iowa: median $1,958 across 69 hospitalsIA$1,958Indiana: median $1,004 across 91 hospitalsIN$1,004Ohio: median $1,406 across 135 hospitalsOH$1,406Pennsylvania: median $1,519 across 108 hospitalsPA$1,519New Jersey: median $479 across 58 hospitalsNJ$479Connecticut: median $1,235 across 16 hospitalsCT$1,235Rhode Island: median $1,638 across 10 hospitalsRI$1,638California: median $2,860 across 206 hospitalsCA$2,860Utah: median $2,629 across 40 hospitalsUT$2,629Colorado: median $1,872 across 66 hospitalsCO$1,872Nebraska: median $2,632 across 79 hospitalsNE$2,632Missouri: median $1,508 across 73 hospitalsMO$1,508Kentucky: median $1,371 across 63 hospitalsKY$1,371West Virginia: median $1,396 across 39 hospitalsWV$1,396Virginia: median $1,688 across 67 hospitalsVA$1,688Maryland: median $264 across 37 hospitalsMD$264Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,397 across 53 hospitalsAZ$1,397New Mexico: median $2,295 across 27 hospitalsNM$2,295Kansas: median $1,283 across 80 hospitalsKS$1,283Arkansas: median $731 across 38 hospitalsAR$731Tennessee: median $926 across 78 hospitalsTN$926North Carolina: median $1,856 across 93 hospitalsNC$1,856South Carolina: median $1,919 across 51 hospitalsSC$1,919Oklahoma: median $1,206 across 70 hospitalsOK$1,206Louisiana: median $880 across 53 hospitalsLA$880Mississippi: median $1,125 across 47 hospitalsMS$1,125Alabama: median $1,276 across 40 hospitalsAL$1,276Georgia: median $1,459 across 106 hospitalsGA$1,459Hawaii: median $1,528 across 17 hospitalsHI$1,528Texas: median $2,200 across 241 hospitalsTX$2,200Florida: median $4,284 across 171 hospitalsFL$4,284
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,727. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL171$4,284+148%$1,727 – $13,973
California CA206$2,860+66%$1,336 – $5,023
South Dakota SD23$2,727+58%$2,357 – $3,696
Nebraska NE79$2,632+52%$1,675 – $3,250
Utah UT40$2,629+52%$1,602 – $2,629
Illinois IL130$2,447+42%$1,195 – $3,432
New Mexico NM27$2,295+33%$1,614 – $2,568
Alaska AK15$2,226+29%$738 – $4,454
Texas TX241$2,200+27%$1,237 – $5,230
Wyoming WY14$2,175+26%$578 – $3,074
Nevada NV21$2,100+22%$1,000 – $3,222
Massachusetts MA45$2,040+18%$873 – $2,598
Vermont VT12$2,035+18%$1,036 – $3,202
Iowa IA69$1,958+13%$1,370 – $2,325
North Dakota ND28$1,954+13%$1,622 – $2,460
South Carolina SC51$1,919+11%$1,400 – $3,078
Montana MT17$1,888+9%$1,197 – $2,579
Colorado CO66$1,872+8%$1,166 – $2,940
New Hampshire NH20$1,860+8%$1,258 – $2,974
North Carolina NC93$1,856+8%$1,255 – $2,628
Washington WA67$1,851+7%$1,124 – $2,644
Wisconsin WI98$1,813+5%$614 – $2,305
Virginia VA67$1,688−2%$947 – $3,658
Rhode Island RI10$1,638−5%$415 – $2,096
Hawaii HI17$1,528−12%$1,068 – $1,954
Pennsylvania PA108$1,519−12%$311 – $3,242
Michigan MI78$1,514−12%$877 – $2,795
Missouri MO73$1,508−13%$1,009 – $2,652
Oregon OR43$1,481−14%$1,140 – $2,114
Georgia GA106$1,459−15%$924 – $2,575
Ohio OH135$1,406−19%$1,034 – $1,925
Arizona AZ53$1,397−19%$487 – $6,613
West Virginia WV39$1,396−19%$1,000 – $2,519
Kentucky KY63$1,371−21%$846 – $3,443
Minnesota MN76$1,362−21%$550 – $2,244
Kansas KS80$1,283−26%$725 – $2,277
Alabama AL40$1,276−26%$720 – $2,490
Connecticut CT16$1,235−28%$781 – $2,307
Oklahoma OK70$1,206−30%$813 – $1,933
Maine ME25$1,141−34%$410 – $1,929
Mississippi MS47$1,125−35%$900 – $1,573
Idaho ID21$1,093−37%$1,003 – $1,622
Indiana IN91$1,004−42%$542 – $1,893
Tennessee TN78$926−46%$629 – $1,939
Louisiana LA53$880−49%$488 – $1,643
New York NY110$799−54%$219 – $2,827
Arkansas AR38$731−58%$384 – $1,706
New Jersey NJ58$479−72%$210 – $1,189
Maryland MD37$264−85%$192 – $369
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 $1,727.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,301$1,677$758 – $3,158
Children’s59$2,400$1,761 – $4,017
Critical access801$1,779$980 – $2,644
Ownership
For-profit475$2,490$1,086 – $8,828
Government566$1,632$813 – $2,628
Non-profit2,120$1,663$781 – $2,792
System affiliation
Part of a system2,615$1,778$821 – $3,078
Independent556$1,483$755 – $2,644

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,879
Median cash price$1,727
Cash as a share of list, median hospital62%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 38%. 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

2,145 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,801 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,817; most fall between $880 and $2,943.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,145 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
$573$1,043$1,801$2,660$4,139

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 7.2× what the cheapest tenth charges ($573 vs $4,139).

Of the 2,374 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,145 gave a usable cash price; 124 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 105 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,171 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (80%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 3,512 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,171
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here224
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 — excluded116
Hospitals that filed this code3,512

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 CT scan abdomen family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as CT Pelvis W/O & 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 pelvis with and without contrast (CPT 72194) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-72194-ct-scan-of-the-pelvis-with-and-without-contrast