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Procedure price report · Radioisotope scan and function studies

PET and CT scan from the skull base to mid-thigh

CPT 78815the billing code this page is about

Positron emission tomography from the skull base to the mid-thighs together with a CT scan done at the same time to map the findings.

Hospitals typically charge $4,409 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,076 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,567. Most fall between $2,468 and $7,328 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,076
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 2,076 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
$1,697$2,787$4,409$6,542$9,861

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,697 vs $9,861).

How the prices are spread

$1,289 – $1,621: 87 hospitals$1,289$1,621 – $2,039: 126 hospitals$2,039 – $2,565: 152 hospitals$2,039$2,565 – $3,226: 169 hospitals$3,226 – $4,057: 261 hospitals$3,226$4,057 – $5,103: 332 hospitals$5,103 – $6,419: 296 hospitals$5,103$6,419 – $8,073: 224 hospitals$8,073 – $10,154: 140 hospitals$8,073$10,154 – $12,771: 83 hospitals$10,154median $4,409price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,870 of 2,076 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,289$1,62187
$1,621$2,039126
$2,039$2,565152
$2,565$3,226169
$3,226$4,057261
$4,057$5,103332
$5,103$6,419296
$6,419$8,073224
$8,073$10,154140
$10,154$12,77183

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,461
Median cash price$4,409
Cash as a multiple of Medicare3.0×

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 $4,409.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 8 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMEVermont: 4 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureVTNew Hampshire: median $7,927 across 11 hospitalsNH$7,927Washington: median $4,382 across 45 hospitalsWA$4,382Idaho: median $6,944 across 13 hospitalsID$6,944Montana: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureMTNorth Dakota: 7 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNDMinnesota: median $2,852 across 61 hospitalsMN$2,852Illinois: median $5,556 across 87 hospitalsIL$5,556Wisconsin: median $3,673 across 91 hospitalsWI$3,673Michigan: median $3,692 across 66 hospitalsMI$3,692New York: median $4,171 across 77 hospitalsNY$4,171Massachusetts: median $5,717 across 28 hospitalsMA$5,717Oregon: median $4,877 across 31 hospitalsOR$4,877Nevada: 9 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureNVWyoming: 4 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 $4,320 across 57 hospitalsIA$4,320Indiana: median $3,668 across 66 hospitalsIN$3,668Ohio: median $4,855 across 123 hospitalsOH$4,855Pennsylvania: median $5,166 across 92 hospitalsPA$5,166New Jersey: median $1,882 across 39 hospitalsNJ$1,882Connecticut: median $5,541 across 19 hospitalsCT$5,541Rhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $6,776 across 121 hospitalsCA$6,776Utah: median $7,341 across 27 hospitalsUT$7,341Colorado: median $5,111 across 44 hospitalsCO$5,111Nebraska: median $5,768 across 51 hospitalsNE$5,768Missouri: median $3,521 across 49 hospitalsMO$3,521Kentucky: median $4,928 across 42 hospitalsKY$4,928West Virginia: median $3,419 across 28 hospitalsWV$3,419Virginia: median $4,409 across 51 hospitalsVA$4,409Maryland: median $8,387 across 23 hospitalsMD$8,387Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $5,396 across 21 hospitalsAZ$5,396New Mexico: median $2,861 across 12 hospitalsNM$2,861Kansas: median $3,869 across 32 hospitalsKS$3,869Arkansas: median $1,685 across 20 hospitalsAR$1,685Tennessee: median $2,169 across 51 hospitalsTN$2,169North Carolina: median $3,952 across 66 hospitalsNC$3,952South Carolina: median $3,757 across 42 hospitalsSC$3,757Oklahoma: median $2,937 across 31 hospitalsOK$2,937Louisiana: median $2,456 across 25 hospitalsLA$2,456Mississippi: median $2,833 across 31 hospitalsMS$2,833Alabama: median $3,012 across 24 hospitalsAL$3,012Georgia: median $3,710 across 77 hospitalsGA$3,710Hawaii: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $4,707 across 131 hospitalsTX$4,707Florida: median $5,567 across 110 hospitalsFL$5,567
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,409. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Maryland MD23$8,387+90%$4,548 – $10,037
New Hampshire NH11$7,927+80%$3,764 – $16,286
Utah UT27$7,341+67%$7,341 – $8,637
Idaho ID13$6,944+58%$3,675 – $16,439
California CA121$6,776+54%$3,657 – $9,140
Nebraska NE51$5,768+31%$4,257 – $6,971
Massachusetts MA28$5,717+30%$4,293 – $8,367
Florida FL110$5,567+26%$3,504 – $10,858
Illinois IL87$5,556+26%$2,773 – $9,169
Connecticut CT19$5,541+26%$3,669 – $8,882
Arizona AZ21$5,396+22%$2,130 – $6,326
Pennsylvania PA92$5,166+17%$1,937 – $12,069
Colorado CO44$5,111+16%$3,880 – $11,426
Kentucky KY42$4,928+12%$2,636 – $7,213
Oregon OR31$4,877+11%$3,452 – $5,976
Ohio OH123$4,855+10%$3,524 – $6,542
Texas TX131$4,707+7%$3,368 – $7,901
Virginia VA51$4,4090%$3,282 – $8,033
Washington WA45$4,382−1%$3,140 – $5,224
Iowa IA57$4,320−2%$3,159 – $6,039
New York NY77$4,171−5%$1,726 – $6,070
North Carolina NC66$3,952−10%$3,229 – $5,009
Kansas KS32$3,869−12%$1,899 – $5,530
South Carolina SC42$3,757−15%$2,898 – $6,027
Georgia GA77$3,710−16%$2,254 – $9,918
Michigan MI66$3,692−16%$2,013 – $6,386
Wisconsin WI91$3,673−17%$938 – $5,382
Indiana IN66$3,668−17%$2,270 – $5,836
Missouri MO49$3,521−20%$2,536 – $6,101
West Virginia WV28$3,419−22%$2,494 – $5,521
Alabama AL24$3,012−32%$1,608 – $13,935
Oklahoma OK31$2,937−33%$2,017 – $4,498
New Mexico NM12$2,861−35%$1,844 – $5,158
Minnesota MN61$2,852−35%$2,335 – $5,564
Mississippi MS31$2,833−36%$1,945 – $4,472
Louisiana LA25$2,456−44%$1,100 – $5,398
Tennessee TN51$2,169−51%$1,537 – $3,221
New Jersey NJ39$1,882−57%$1,614 – $5,558
Arkansas AR20$1,685−62%$1,058 – $2,340
Nevada NV9not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Rhode Island RI2not 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 $4,409.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,719$4,409$2,389 – $7,341
Children’s42$6,230$3,087 – $9,428
Critical access306$4,333$2,555 – $6,776
Ownership
For-profit238$5,147$2,300 – $12,798
Government293$3,857$2,023 – $6,078
Non-profit1,536$4,517$2,526 – $7,232
System affiliation
Part of a system1,788$4,452$2,503 – $7,341
Independent288$4,247$2,063 – $6,944

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$7,785
Median cash price$4,409
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

1,514 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,570 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,715; most fall between $2,630 and $7,324.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,514 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
$1,938$2,981$4,570$6,542$9,386

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 4.8× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,938 vs $9,386).

Of the 1,669 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,514 gave a usable cash price; 100 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 55 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,076 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (52%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,300 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,076
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here149
A number the filing itself marks as not a price (a placeholder, a ratio) — excluded1
An estimate rather than a filed cash price — excluded3
A list price only, no cash figure — excluded71
Hospitals that filed this code2,300

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 Attenuation Skull Base Mid-Thigh|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, “PET and CT scan from the skull base to mid-thigh (CPT 78815) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-78815-pet-and-ct-scan-from-the-skull-base-to-mid-thigh