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Procedure price report · Other CT scan

CT guidance for tumor or tissue ablation

CPT 77013the billing code this page is about

Computed tomography imaging used to guide and monitor a probe that destroys tissue with heat, cold or radiofrequency energy; covers the imaging guidance and monitoring only.

Hospitals typically charge $1,244 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,757 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $1,319. Most fall between $603 and $2,341 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,757
States
50
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 1,757 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
$361$725$1,244$2,075$3,564

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 9.9× what the cheapest tenth charges ($361 vs $3,564).

How the prices are spread

$236 – $322: 59 hospitals$236$322 – $439: 79 hospitals$439 – $598: 119 hospitals$439$598 – $816: 180 hospitals$816 – $1,112: 249 hospitals$816$1,112 – $1,516: 249 hospitals$1,516 – $2,067: 288 hospitals$1,516$2,067 – $2,817: 191 hospitals$2,817 – $3,841: 110 hospitals$2,817$3,841 – $5,236: 60 hospitals$3,841median $1,244price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,584 of 1,757 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$236$32259
$322$43979
$439$598119
$598$816180
$816$1,112249
$1,112$1,516249
$1,516$2,067288
$2,067$2,817191
$2,817$3,841110
$3,841$5,23660

By state

The median cash price in each state, against the national median of $1,244.

Alaska: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 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 $1,237 across 38 hospitalsWA$1,237Idaho: median $1,599 across 13 hospitalsID$1,599Montana: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $1,025 across 37 hospitalsMN$1,025Illinois: median $1,541 across 68 hospitalsIL$1,541Wisconsin: median $1,135 across 69 hospitalsWI$1,135Michigan: median $1,483 across 49 hospitalsMI$1,483New York: median $1,215 across 51 hospitalsNY$1,215Massachusetts: median $981 across 37 hospitalsMA$981Oregon: median $1,032 across 30 hospitalsOR$1,032Nevada: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $1,240 across 20 hospitalsIA$1,240Indiana: median $822 across 54 hospitalsIN$822Ohio: median $1,283 across 93 hospitalsOH$1,283Pennsylvania: median $1,411 across 66 hospitalsPA$1,411New Jersey: median $540 across 32 hospitalsNJ$540Connecticut: median $1,981 across 17 hospitalsCT$1,981Rhode Island: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $1,924 across 152 hospitalsCA$1,924Utah: median $1,599 across 28 hospitalsUT$1,599Colorado: median $2,240 across 39 hospitalsCO$2,240Nebraska: median $1,268 across 16 hospitalsNE$1,268Missouri: median $1,031 across 37 hospitalsMO$1,031Kentucky: median $1,094 across 26 hospitalsKY$1,094West Virginia: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWVVirginia: median $1,244 across 41 hospitalsVA$1,244Maryland: median $100 across 23 hospitalsMD$100Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $1,110 across 41 hospitalsAZ$1,110New Mexico: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $1,868 across 16 hospitalsKS$1,868Arkansas: median $479 across 14 hospitalsAR$479Tennessee: median $560 across 41 hospitalsTN$560North Carolina: median $753 across 53 hospitalsNC$753South Carolina: median $1,620 across 37 hospitalsSC$1,620Oklahoma: median $566 across 24 hospitalsOK$566Louisiana: median $478 across 24 hospitalsLA$478Mississippi: median $592 across 22 hospitalsMS$592Alabama: median $475 across 18 hospitalsAL$475Georgia: median $1,177 across 65 hospitalsGA$1,177Hawaii: median $758 across 10 hospitalsHI$758Texas: median $1,565 across 151 hospitalsTX$1,565Florida: median $1,956 across 130 hospitalsFL$1,956
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $1,244. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Colorado CO39$2,240+80%$1,312 – $5,523
Connecticut CT17$1,981+59%$1,218 – $2,136
Florida FL130$1,956+57%$1,202 – $3,568
California CA152$1,924+55%$786 – $3,147
Kansas KS16$1,868+50%$1,067 – $2,549
South Carolina SC37$1,620+30%$1,070 – $1,710
Idaho ID13$1,599+29%$1,222 – $2,138
Utah UT28$1,599+29%$945 – $1,599
Texas TX151$1,565+26%$794 – $2,641
Illinois IL68$1,541+24%$860 – $3,036
Michigan MI49$1,483+19%$651 – $2,541
Pennsylvania PA66$1,411+13%$669 – $3,403
Ohio OH93$1,283+3%$852 – $1,685
Nebraska NE16$1,268+2%$1,080 – $1,967
Virginia VA41$1,2440%$690 – $1,664
Iowa IA20$1,2400%$415 – $2,067
Washington WA38$1,2370%$743 – $1,964
New York NY51$1,215−2%$557 – $2,253
Georgia GA65$1,177−5%$867 – $1,915
Wisconsin WI69$1,135−9%$1,030 – $1,939
Arizona AZ41$1,110−11%$254 – $2,892
Kentucky KY26$1,094−12%$532 – $1,632
Oregon OR30$1,032−17%$684 – $1,728
Missouri MO37$1,031−17%$591 – $2,528
Minnesota MN37$1,025−18%$655 – $1,605
Massachusetts MA37$981−21%$635 – $1,312
Indiana IN54$822−34%$338 – $1,111
Hawaii HI10$758−39%$670 – $1,231
North Carolina NC53$753−39%$718 – $1,210
Mississippi MS22$592−52%$331 – $1,082
Oklahoma OK24$566−54%$326 – $1,605
Tennessee TN41$560−55%$315 – $972
New Jersey NJ32$540−57%$420 – $3,195
Arkansas AR14$479−61%$266 – $828
Louisiana LA24$478−62%$206 – $1,093
Alabama AL18$475−62%$325 – $751
Maryland MD23$100−92%$75 – $128
West Virginia WV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT2not 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 $1,244.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,569$1,244$602 – $2,358
Children’s35$2,185$800 – $3,988
Critical access143$1,104$603 – $1,909
Ownership
For-profit251$1,955$895 – $5,687
Government175$1,104$536 – $1,993
Non-profit1,321$1,198$591 – $2,158
System affiliation
Part of a system1,581$1,258$628 – $2,349
Independent176$1,152$496 – $2,240

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$2,225
Median cash price$1,244
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

1,340 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $1,283 and the average of the middle 60% is $1,332; most fall between $651 and $2,240.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,340 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
$362$751$1,283$1,962$3,095

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 8.5× what the cheapest tenth charges ($362 vs $3,095).

Of the 1,479 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,340 gave a usable cash price; 80 carried a plausibility flag, 2 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 57 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,757 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (44%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,977 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,757
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here114
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded2
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded1
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded103
Hospitals that filed this code1,977

Sections not shown for this setting

  • Against Medicare: Medicare has no separately payable national outpatient (OPPS) rate for this code, so there is nothing honest to compare against.
  • 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 Other CT scan family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as CT Guidance &Monitoring Visc Tiss Ablation|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.

Download this page’s figures: JSON · CSV. Aggregates only — the per-hospital prices are on the compare tool.

Cite: HospitalRates.com, “CT guidance for tumor or tissue ablation (CPT 77013) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-77013-ct-guidance-for-tumor-or-tissue-ablation