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Procedure price report · Radioisotope scan and function studies

PET and CT scan of a limited area

CPT 78814the billing code this page is about

Positron emission tomography of one limited body region together with a CT scan done at the same time to map the findings.

Hospitals typically charge $4,000 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 1,521 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,105. Most fall between $2,139 and $6,542 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
1,521
States
50
Filings dated
Jan 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 1,521 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
$1,490$2,515$4,000$5,857$9,122

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,490 vs $9,122).

How the prices are spread

$1,033 – $1,328: 26 hospitals$1,033$1,328 – $1,706: 97 hospitals$1,706 – $2,193: 121 hospitals$1,706$2,193 – $2,819: 141 hospitals$2,819 – $3,624: 214 hospitals$2,819$3,624 – $4,658: 246 hospitals$4,658 – $5,987: 237 hospitals$4,658$5,987 – $7,695: 146 hospitals$7,695 – $9,890: 98 hospitals$7,695$9,890 – $12,713: 47 hospitals$9,890median $4,000price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,373 of 1,521 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,033$1,32826
$1,328$1,70697
$1,706$2,193121
$2,193$2,819141
$2,819$3,624214
$3,624$4,658246
$4,658$5,987237
$5,987$7,695146
$7,695$9,89098
$9,890$12,71347

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,461
Median cash price$4,000
Cash as a multiple of Medicare2.7×

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 $4,000.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 3 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNHWashington: median $3,590 across 36 hospitalsWA$3,590Idaho: median $5,269 across 12 hospitalsID$5,269Montana: 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 $2,888 across 30 hospitalsMN$2,888Illinois: median $4,850 across 57 hospitalsIL$4,850Wisconsin: median $3,612 across 64 hospitalsWI$3,612Michigan: median $4,567 across 53 hospitalsMI$4,567New York: median $3,190 across 56 hospitalsNY$3,190Massachusetts: median $5,553 across 17 hospitalsMA$5,553Oregon: median $4,238 across 23 hospitalsOR$4,238Nevada: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureWYSouth Dakota: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $3,086 across 28 hospitalsIA$3,086Indiana: median $3,485 across 53 hospitalsIN$3,485Ohio: median $4,333 across 103 hospitalsOH$4,333Pennsylvania: median $5,336 across 73 hospitalsPA$5,336New Jersey: median $1,850 across 33 hospitalsNJ$1,850Connecticut: median $4,795 across 17 hospitalsCT$4,795Rhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $5,463 across 106 hospitalsCA$5,463Utah: median $5,672 across 15 hospitalsUT$5,672Colorado: median $4,879 across 37 hospitalsCO$4,879Nebraska: median $4,166 across 26 hospitalsNE$4,166Missouri: median $3,397 across 35 hospitalsMO$3,397Kentucky: median $4,123 across 31 hospitalsKY$4,123West Virginia: median $4,367 across 14 hospitalsWV$4,367Virginia: median $4,409 across 46 hospitalsVA$4,409Maryland: median $5,752 across 17 hospitalsMD$5,752Delaware: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $6,066 across 18 hospitalsAZ$6,066New Mexico: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNMKansas: median $2,304 across 11 hospitalsKS$2,304Arkansas: median $1,356 across 11 hospitalsAR$1,356Tennessee: median $1,770 across 41 hospitalsTN$1,770North Carolina: median $3,683 across 43 hospitalsNC$3,683South Carolina: median $3,759 across 37 hospitalsSC$3,759Oklahoma: median $2,262 across 23 hospitalsOK$2,262Louisiana: median $2,139 across 21 hospitalsLA$2,139Mississippi: median $3,025 across 14 hospitalsMS$3,025Alabama: median $2,557 across 16 hospitalsAL$2,557Georgia: median $2,934 across 63 hospitalsGA$2,934Hawaii: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,423 across 106 hospitalsTX$4,423Florida: median $4,644 across 84 hospitalsFL$4,644
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,000. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Arizona AZ18$6,066+52%$1,605 – $6,075
Maryland MD17$5,752+44%$3,764 – $8,878
Utah UT15$5,672+42%$2,155 – $5,672
Massachusetts MA17$5,553+39%$4,282 – $6,735
California CA106$5,463+37%$3,557 – $8,364
Pennsylvania PA73$5,336+33%$2,063 – $14,028
Idaho ID12$5,269+32%$3,588 – $16,439
Colorado CO37$4,879+22%$3,065 – $10,907
Illinois IL57$4,850+21%$3,271 – $8,132
Connecticut CT17$4,795+20%$2,527 – $7,315
Florida FL84$4,644+16%$3,226 – $13,702
Michigan MI53$4,567+14%$1,966 – $6,315
Texas TX106$4,423+11%$2,461 – $7,145
Virginia VA46$4,409+10%$2,515 – $7,793
West Virginia WV14$4,367+9%$3,334 – $7,390
Ohio OH103$4,333+8%$2,553 – $6,498
Oregon OR23$4,238+6%$3,325 – $5,312
Nebraska NE26$4,166+4%$2,802 – $7,289
Kentucky KY31$4,123+3%$2,164 – $5,544
South Carolina SC37$3,759−6%$2,898 – $5,485
North Carolina NC43$3,683−8%$2,072 – $4,202
Wisconsin WI64$3,612−10%$795 – $4,902
Washington WA36$3,590−10%$2,981 – $5,192
Indiana IN53$3,485−13%$2,316 – $5,391
Missouri MO35$3,397−15%$2,320 – $5,416
New York NY56$3,190−20%$1,726 – $6,120
Iowa IA28$3,086−23%$1,421 – $5,452
Mississippi MS14$3,025−24%$1,616 – $4,622
Georgia GA63$2,934−27%$1,434 – $7,913
Minnesota MN30$2,888−28%$2,455 – $6,230
Alabama AL16$2,557−36%$1,474 – $3,087
Kansas KS11$2,304−42%$1,487 – $3,796
Oklahoma OK23$2,262−43%$892 – $4,126
Louisiana LA21$2,139−47%$1,034 – $3,213
New Jersey NJ33$1,850−54%$1,594 – $4,470
Tennessee TN41$1,770−56%$1,406 – $3,096
Arkansas AR11$1,356−66%$1,058 – $1,800
North Dakota ND6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Hampshire NH6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
New Mexico NM6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Nevada NV6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT3not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY2not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Alaska AK1not 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 $4,000.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,327$3,960$2,080 – $6,542
Children’s34$4,860$2,556 – $8,597
Critical access153$4,082$2,553 – $6,344
Ownership
For-profit171$4,770$2,262 – $12,713
Government185$3,422$1,726 – $5,391
Non-profit1,158$4,065$2,220 – $6,378
System affiliation
Part of a system1,321$4,065$2,220 – $6,542
Independent200$3,552$1,819 – $5,999

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$6,945
Median cash price$4,000
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

1,143 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,238 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,279; most fall between $2,401 and $6,542.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,143 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
$1,689$2,722$4,238$5,872$8,372

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.0× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,689 vs $8,372).

Of the 1,251 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,143 gave a usable cash price; 73 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 35 a list price only.

How complete is this

1,521 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (38%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 1,691 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted1,521
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here120
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded2
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded47
Hospitals that filed this code1,691

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 Radioisotope scan and function studies family.

Hospitals file this code under descriptions such as Pet Imaging CT for Attenuation Limited Area.

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, “PET and CT scan of a limited area (CPT 78814) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-78814-pet-and-ct-scan-of-a-limited-area