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Procedure price report · CT scan abdomen

CT scan of the abdomen and pelvis with contrast

CPT 74177the billing code this page is about

A computed tomography scan covering both the abdomen and the pelvis, performed after contrast dye is given through a vein.

Hospitals typically charge $2,556 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 3,358 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $2,684. Most fall between $1,188 and $4,689 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
3,358
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 3,358 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
$607$1,466$2,556$4,144$6,798

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 11× what the cheapest tenth charges ($607 vs $6,798).

How the prices are spread

$427 – $588: 148 hospitals$427$588 – $810: 159 hospitals$810 – $1,115: 174 hospitals$810$1,115 – $1,535: 254 hospitals$1,535 – $2,114: 457 hospitals$1,535$2,114 – $2,910: 555 hospitals$2,910 – $4,007: 560 hospitals$2,910$4,007 – $5,518: 423 hospitals$5,518 – $7,597: 170 hospitals$5,518$7,597 – $10,460: 124 hospitals$7,597median $2,556price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (3,024 of 3,358 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$427$588148
$588$810159
$810$1,115174
$1,115$1,535254
$1,535$2,114457
$2,114$2,910555
$2,910$4,007560
$4,007$5,518423
$5,518$7,597170
$7,597$10,460124

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$356
Median cash price$2,556
Cash as a multiple of Medicare7.2×

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 $2,556.

Alaska: median $3,054 across 17 hospitalsAK$3,054Maine: median $1,791 across 25 hospitalsME$1,791Vermont: median $4,098 across 12 hospitalsVT$4,098New Hampshire: median $2,539 across 22 hospitalsNH$2,539Washington: median $2,412 across 70 hospitalsWA$2,412Idaho: median $2,263 across 22 hospitalsID$2,263Montana: median $2,871 across 19 hospitalsMT$2,871North Dakota: median $2,437 across 32 hospitalsND$2,437Minnesota: median $2,062 across 100 hospitalsMN$2,062Illinois: median $4,012 across 138 hospitalsIL$4,012Wisconsin: median $2,396 across 109 hospitalsWI$2,396Michigan: median $2,445 across 86 hospitalsMI$2,445New York: median $1,266 across 105 hospitalsNY$1,266Massachusetts: median $2,458 across 53 hospitalsMA$2,458Oregon: median $2,221 across 46 hospitalsOR$2,221Nevada: median $2,877 across 21 hospitalsNV$2,877Wyoming: median $3,062 across 14 hospitalsWY$3,062South Dakota: median $5,280 across 43 hospitalsSD$5,280Iowa: median $3,290 across 88 hospitalsIA$3,290Indiana: median $1,470 across 95 hospitalsIN$1,470Ohio: median $2,015 across 142 hospitalsOH$2,015Pennsylvania: median $2,236 across 114 hospitalsPA$2,236New Jersey: median $609 across 58 hospitalsNJ$609Connecticut: median $2,158 across 19 hospitalsCT$2,158Rhode Island: median $1,650 across 10 hospitalsRI$1,650California: median $4,004 across 218 hospitalsCA$4,004Utah: median $3,214 across 43 hospitalsUT$3,214Colorado: median $2,663 across 67 hospitalsCO$2,663Nebraska: median $4,416 across 84 hospitalsNE$4,416Missouri: median $2,309 across 75 hospitalsMO$2,309Kentucky: median $1,939 across 67 hospitalsKY$1,939West Virginia: median $1,910 across 42 hospitalsWV$1,910Virginia: median $2,431 across 71 hospitalsVA$2,431Maryland: median $306 across 38 hospitalsMD$306Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,877 across 53 hospitalsAZ$1,877New Mexico: median $3,104 across 30 hospitalsNM$3,104Kansas: median $1,567 across 87 hospitalsKS$1,567Arkansas: median $1,230 across 37 hospitalsAR$1,230Tennessee: median $1,693 across 78 hospitalsTN$1,693North Carolina: median $3,229 across 95 hospitalsNC$3,229South Carolina: median $3,397 across 53 hospitalsSC$3,397Oklahoma: median $1,979 across 71 hospitalsOK$1,979Louisiana: median $1,329 across 54 hospitalsLA$1,329Mississippi: median $1,541 across 49 hospitalsMS$1,541Alabama: median $2,169 across 41 hospitalsAL$2,169Georgia: median $2,266 across 105 hospitalsGA$2,266Hawaii: median $2,287 across 17 hospitalsHI$2,287Texas: median $3,842 across 246 hospitalsTX$3,842Florida: median $5,964 across 171 hospitalsFL$5,964
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $2,556. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Florida FL171$5,964+133%$2,582 – $21,100
South Dakota SD43$5,280+107%$4,664 – $7,036
Nebraska NE84$4,416+73%$2,683 – $5,276
Vermont VT12$4,098+60%$2,133 – $4,579
Illinois IL138$4,012+57%$1,810 – $6,049
California CA218$4,004+57%$1,724 – $7,682
Texas TX246$3,842+50%$1,805 – $7,970
South Carolina SC53$3,397+33%$2,176 – $4,836
Iowa IA88$3,290+29%$2,387 – $4,098
North Carolina NC95$3,229+26%$2,253 – $4,669
Utah UT43$3,214+26%$2,724 – $3,867
New Mexico NM30$3,104+21%$1,350 – $4,750
Wyoming WY14$3,062+20%$1,063 – $4,211
Alaska AK17$3,054+19%$1,254 – $5,558
Nevada NV21$2,877+13%$1,481 – $5,347
Montana MT19$2,871+12%$2,101 – $3,354
Colorado CO67$2,663+4%$1,553 – $5,258
New Hampshire NH22$2,539−1%$1,919 – $7,011
Massachusetts MA53$2,458−4%$1,263 – $3,825
Michigan MI86$2,445−4%$1,015 – $4,010
North Dakota ND32$2,437−5%$2,164 – $2,662
Virginia VA71$2,431−5%$1,422 – $5,590
Washington WA70$2,412−6%$1,322 – $3,632
Wisconsin WI109$2,396−6%$925 – $3,428
Missouri MO75$2,309−10%$1,241 – $3,931
Hawaii HI17$2,287−11%$1,741 – $2,796
Georgia GA105$2,266−11%$1,416 – $5,336
Idaho ID22$2,263−11%$1,765 – $2,813
Pennsylvania PA114$2,236−13%$438 – $4,579
Oregon OR46$2,221−13%$1,882 – $3,486
Alabama AL41$2,169−15%$1,189 – $4,313
Connecticut CT19$2,158−16%$897 – $3,770
Minnesota MN100$2,062−19%$707 – $3,373
Ohio OH142$2,015−21%$1,602 – $2,826
Oklahoma OK71$1,979−23%$1,200 – $2,871
Kentucky KY67$1,939−24%$1,127 – $4,247
West Virginia WV42$1,910−25%$1,352 – $2,738
Arizona AZ53$1,877−27%$526 – $5,350
Maine ME25$1,791−30%$981 – $2,693
Tennessee TN78$1,693−34%$560 – $3,060
Rhode Island RI10$1,650−35%$792 – $2,900
Kansas KS87$1,567−39%$775 – $3,086
Mississippi MS49$1,541−40%$964 – $2,242
Indiana IN95$1,470−42%$718 – $3,012
Louisiana LA54$1,329−48%$515 – $2,658
New York NY105$1,266−50%$626 – $3,646
Arkansas AR37$1,230−52%$384 – $2,927
New Jersey NJ58$609−76%$421 – $1,654
Maryland MD38$306−88%$213 – $424
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 $2,556.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care2,355$2,516$1,015 – $4,905
Children’s64$3,708$2,169 – $5,195
Critical access929$2,578$1,439 – $4,247
Ownership
For-profit487$3,920$1,595 – $14,859
Government606$2,476$1,127 – $4,131
Non-profit2,255$2,458$1,072 – $4,299
System affiliation
Part of a system2,763$2,658$1,238 – $4,793
Independent595$2,203$1,025 – $3,866

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$4,340
Median cash price$2,556
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

2,297 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $2,700 and the average of the middle 60% is $2,815; most fall between $1,402 and $4,703.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 2,297 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
$737$1,595$2,700$4,244$6,002

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($737 vs $6,002).

Of the 2,554 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 2,297 gave a usable cash price; 143 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 114 a list price only.

How complete is this

3,358 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 3,730 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted3,358
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here246
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded124
Hospitals that filed this code3,730

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 & Pelvis 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 and pelvis with contrast (CPT 74177) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-74177-ct-scan-of-the-abdomen-and-pelvis-with-contrast