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Procedure price report · CT scan abdomen

CT scan of the colon with contrast dye

CPT 74262the billing code this page is about

CT imaging of the colon with computer processing to create views of the bowel lining, done for a known or suspected problem and performed with injected contrast dye.

Hospitals typically charge $1,046 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 746 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,125. Most fall between $449 and $2,117 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
746
States
47
Filings dated
Jun 2024 – 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 746 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
$234$538$1,046$1,832$3,231

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 14× what the cheapest tenth charges ($234 vs $3,231).

How the prices are spread

$207 – $288: 56 hospitals$207$288 – $399: 44 hospitals$399 – $554: 58 hospitals$399$554 – $769: 91 hospitals$769 – $1,068: 98 hospitals$769$1,068 – $1,482: 86 hospitals$1,482 – $2,057: 120 hospitals$1,482$2,057 – $2,854: 56 hospitals$2,854 – $3,962: 47 hospitals$2,854$3,962 – $5,499: 16 hospitals$3,962median $1,046price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (672 of 746 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$207$28856
$288$39944
$399$55458
$554$76991
$769$1,06898
$1,068$1,48286
$1,482$2,057120
$2,057$2,85456
$2,854$3,96247
$3,962$5,49916

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$179
Median cash price$1,046
Cash as a multiple of Medicare5.8×

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 $1,046.

Alaska: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceAKMaine: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $1,170 across 27 hospitalsWA$1,170Idaho: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureIDMontana: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,803 across 14 hospitalsMN$1,803Illinois: median $1,422 across 29 hospitalsIL$1,422Wisconsin: median $2,074 across 42 hospitalsWI$2,074Michigan: median $1,421 across 25 hospitalsMI$1,421New York: median $453 across 45 hospitalsNY$453Massachusetts: median $2,143 across 13 hospitalsMA$2,143Oregon: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureORNevada: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceNVWyoming: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: no hospital in the corpus filed a usable priceSDIowa: median $680 across 18 hospitalsIA$680Indiana: median $715 across 37 hospitalsIN$715Ohio: median $1,277 across 23 hospitalsOH$1,277Pennsylvania: median $629 across 41 hospitalsPA$629New Jersey: median $210 across 24 hospitalsNJ$210Connecticut: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureCTRhode Island: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,872 across 64 hospitalsCA$1,872Utah: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureUTColorado: median $1,180 across 12 hospitalsCO$1,180Nebraska: median $1,644 across 14 hospitalsNE$1,644Missouri: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMOKentucky: median $1,200 across 21 hospitalsKY$1,200West Virginia: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $453 across 22 hospitalsVA$453Maryland: median $546 across 14 hospitalsMD$546Delaware: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $5,563 across 15 hospitalsAZ$5,563New Mexico: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureKSArkansas: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureARTennessee: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureTNNorth Carolina: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNCSouth Carolina: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSCOklahoma: median $204 across 10 hospitalsOK$204Louisiana: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureLAMississippi: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMSAlabama: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureALGeorgia: median $1,631 across 15 hospitalsGA$1,631Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $922 across 60 hospitalsTX$922Florida: median $1,622 across 47 hospitalsFL$1,622
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,046. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ15$5,563+432%$315 – $5,563
Massachusetts MA13$2,143+105%$624 – $4,342
Wisconsin WI42$2,074+98%$1,570 – $5,581
California CA64$1,872+79%$1,367 – $3,231
Minnesota MN14$1,803+72%$1,080 – $2,281
Nebraska NE14$1,644+57%$1,285 – $2,105
Georgia GA15$1,631+56%$1,251 – $1,729
Florida FL47$1,622+55%$998 – $2,325
Illinois IL29$1,422+36%$466 – $2,206
Michigan MI25$1,421+36%$653 – $2,854
Ohio OH23$1,277+22%$329 – $1,502
Kentucky KY21$1,200+15%$568 – $1,246
Colorado CO12$1,180+13%$804 – $1,225
Washington WA27$1,170+12%$764 – $1,334
Texas TX60$922−12%$575 – $1,010
Indiana IN37$715−32%$352 – $1,090
Iowa IA18$680−35%$228 – $1,594
Pennsylvania PA41$629−40%$82 – $3,738
Maryland MD14$546−48%$372 – $767
New York NY45$453−57%$211 – $1,747
Virginia VA22$453−57%$375 – $596
New Jersey NJ24$210−80%$197 – $2,264
Oklahoma OK10$204−80%$204 – $268
Missouri MO9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Carolina SC9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alabama AL8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Idaho ID8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Oregon OR8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Louisiana LA7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Tennessee TN7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Kansas KS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Mississippi MS6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Arkansas AR5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Carolina NC5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Connecticut CT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
West Virginia WV2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT1not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Utah UT1not 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 $1,046.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care647$1,039$402 – $2,074
Children’s4fewer than 20 hospitals
Critical access93$1,082$596 – $2,536
Ownership
For-profit71$1,422$466 – $5,138
Government89$715$345 – $1,803
Non-profit584$1,050$436 – $2,074
System affiliation
Part of a system668$1,052$449 – $2,281
Independent78$841$434 – $1,775

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$1,809
Median cash price$1,046
Cash as a share of list, median hospital60%

At the typical hospital, asking for the cash price cuts the list price by about 40%. 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

578 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,144 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,253; most fall between $542 and $2,281.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 578 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
$321$639$1,144$1,924$3,231

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 10× what the cheapest tenth charges ($321 vs $3,231).

Of the 636 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 578 gave a usable cash price; 40 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 18 a list price only.

How complete is this

746 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (19%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 817 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted746
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here49
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded0
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded0
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded22
Hospitals that filed this code817

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 CT scan abdomen family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as CT Colonogrphy Dx Image Postprocess W/Contrast|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 colon with contrast dye (CPT 74262) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-74262-ct-scan-of-the-colon-with-contrast-dye