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Procedure price report · CT scan abdomen

CT scan of the abdomen with contrast

CPT 74160the billing code this page is about

Cross-sectional CT imaging of the abdomen taken after contrast dye is given.

Hospitals typically charge $1,544 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,339 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,623. Most fall between $744 and $2,802 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,339
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 3,339 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
$473$883$1,544$2,520$4,111

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($473 vs $4,111).

How the prices are spread

$265 – $364: 66 hospitals$265$364 – $500: 122 hospitals$500 – $688: 244 hospitals$500$688 – $946: 301 hospitals$946 – $1,300: 444 hospitals$946$1,300 – $1,787: 578 hospitals$1,787 – $2,457: 554 hospitals$1,787$2,457 – $3,378: 420 hospitals$3,378 – $4,645: 168 hospitals$3,378$4,645 – $6,386: 110 hospitals$4,645median $1,544price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (3,007 of 3,339 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$265$36466
$364$500122
$500$688244
$688$946301
$946$1,300444
$1,300$1,787578
$1,787$2,457554
$2,457$3,378420
$3,378$4,645168
$4,645$6,386110

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$179
Median cash price$1,544
Cash as a multiple of Medicare8.6×

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 $1,544.

Alaska: median $2,954 across 17 hospitalsAK$2,954Maine: median $1,068 across 25 hospitalsME$1,068Vermont: median $2,415 across 12 hospitalsVT$2,415New Hampshire: median $1,515 across 22 hospitalsNH$1,515Washington: median $1,687 across 69 hospitalsWA$1,687Idaho: median $1,093 across 21 hospitalsID$1,093Montana: median $1,600 across 19 hospitalsMT$1,600North Dakota: median $1,668 across 30 hospitalsND$1,668Minnesota: median $1,350 across 98 hospitalsMN$1,350Illinois: median $2,274 across 135 hospitalsIL$2,274Wisconsin: median $1,570 across 109 hospitalsWI$1,570Michigan: median $1,448 across 86 hospitalsMI$1,448New York: median $799 across 110 hospitalsNY$799Massachusetts: median $1,545 across 53 hospitalsMA$1,545Oregon: median $1,404 across 46 hospitalsOR$1,404Nevada: median $1,794 across 21 hospitalsNV$1,794Wyoming: median $1,454 across 14 hospitalsWY$1,454South Dakota: median $3,043 across 39 hospitalsSD$3,043Iowa: median $1,774 across 86 hospitalsIA$1,774Indiana: median $824 across 96 hospitalsIN$824Ohio: median $1,167 across 142 hospitalsOH$1,167Pennsylvania: median $1,383 across 113 hospitalsPA$1,383New Jersey: median $467 across 57 hospitalsNJ$467Connecticut: median $1,367 across 19 hospitalsCT$1,367Rhode Island: median $1,459 across 10 hospitalsRI$1,459California: median $2,331 across 217 hospitalsCA$2,331Utah: median $2,338 across 40 hospitalsUT$2,338Colorado: median $1,734 across 65 hospitalsCO$1,734Nebraska: median $2,552 across 83 hospitalsNE$2,552Missouri: median $1,199 across 76 hospitalsMO$1,199Kentucky: median $1,320 across 67 hospitalsKY$1,320West Virginia: median $1,176 across 42 hospitalsWV$1,176Virginia: median $1,360 across 71 hospitalsVA$1,360Maryland: median $221 across 37 hospitalsMD$221Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,198 across 53 hospitalsAZ$1,198New Mexico: median $2,009 across 30 hospitalsNM$2,009Kansas: median $1,166 across 84 hospitalsKS$1,166Arkansas: median $605 across 38 hospitalsAR$605Tennessee: median $849 across 78 hospitalsTN$849North Carolina: median $1,904 across 95 hospitalsNC$1,904South Carolina: median $1,772 across 53 hospitalsSC$1,772Oklahoma: median $1,131 across 71 hospitalsOK$1,131Louisiana: median $969 across 55 hospitalsLA$969Mississippi: median $934 across 49 hospitalsMS$934Alabama: median $1,334 across 42 hospitalsAL$1,334Georgia: median $1,397 across 108 hospitalsGA$1,397Hawaii: median $1,360 across 17 hospitalsHI$1,360Texas: median $2,532 across 240 hospitalsTX$2,532Florida: median $3,413 across 173 hospitalsFL$3,413
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,544. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL173$3,413+121%$1,454 – $11,945
South Dakota SD39$3,043+97%$2,530 – $3,473
Alaska AK17$2,954+91%$1,547 – $3,642
Nebraska NE83$2,552+65%$1,821 – $3,086
Texas TX240$2,532+64%$1,212 – $4,421
Vermont VT12$2,415+56%$1,527 – $2,819
Utah UT40$2,338+51%$1,467 – $2,338
California CA217$2,331+51%$1,135 – $4,755
Illinois IL135$2,274+47%$1,011 – $3,201
New Mexico NM30$2,009+30%$963 – $2,594
North Carolina NC95$1,904+23%$1,264 – $2,698
Nevada NV21$1,794+16%$1,172 – $3,011
Iowa IA86$1,774+15%$1,312 – $2,202
South Carolina SC53$1,772+15%$1,190 – $2,822
Colorado CO65$1,734+12%$1,178 – $2,823
Washington WA69$1,687+9%$985 – $2,283
North Dakota ND30$1,668+8%$1,272 – $2,057
Montana MT19$1,600+4%$1,227 – $2,047
Wisconsin WI109$1,570+2%$584 – $2,032
Massachusetts MA53$1,5450%$1,000 – $2,371
New Hampshire NH22$1,515−2%$1,135 – $3,990
Rhode Island RI10$1,459−6%$488 – $1,782
Wyoming WY14$1,454−6%$490 – $2,564
Michigan MI86$1,448−6%$538 – $2,286
Oregon OR46$1,404−9%$883 – $2,004
Georgia GA108$1,397−10%$862 – $2,705
Pennsylvania PA113$1,383−10%$310 – $2,917
Connecticut CT19$1,367−12%$705 – $2,184
Virginia VA71$1,360−12%$1,055 – $2,850
Hawaii HI17$1,360−12%$734 – $1,863
Minnesota MN98$1,350−13%$661 – $1,936
Alabama AL42$1,334−14%$792 – $2,522
Kentucky KY67$1,320−15%$715 – $2,475
Missouri MO76$1,199−22%$878 – $2,159
Arizona AZ53$1,198−22%$369 – $6,318
West Virginia WV42$1,176−24%$818 – $1,892
Ohio OH142$1,167−24%$846 – $1,858
Kansas KS84$1,166−25%$663 – $1,946
Oklahoma OK71$1,131−27%$783 – $1,871
Idaho ID21$1,093−29%$1,059 – $1,437
Maine ME25$1,068−31%$409 – $1,716
Louisiana LA55$969−37%$440 – $1,400
Mississippi MS49$934−39%$639 – $1,180
Tennessee TN78$849−45%$436 – $1,820
Indiana IN96$824−47%$511 – $1,693
New York NY110$799−48%$253 – $2,678
Arkansas AR38$605−61%$384 – $1,762
New Jersey NJ57$467−70%$210 – $1,056
Maryland MD37$221−86%$161 – $310
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 $1,544.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,362$1,494$686 – $2,951
Children’s63$2,244$1,568 – $3,870
Critical access904$1,592$898 – $2,530
Ownership
For-profit484$2,331$924 – $8,436
Government601$1,474$788 – $2,397
Non-profit2,244$1,498$705 – $2,613
System affiliation
Part of a system2,752$1,579$746 – $2,888
Independent587$1,402$738 – $2,405

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,682
Median cash price$1,544
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

2,282 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,594 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,675; most fall between $835 and $2,765.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,282 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
$535$977$1,594$2,530$3,568

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.7× what the cheapest tenth charges ($535 vs $3,568).

Of the 2,528 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,282 gave a usable cash price; 135 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 111 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,339 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 3,696 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,339
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here234
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 — excluded122
Hospitals that filed this code3,696

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 Abdomen 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 abdomen with contrast (CPT 74160) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-74160-ct-scan-of-the-abdomen-with-contrast