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Procedure price report · Radioisotope scan and function studies

Whole-body PET and CT scan

CPT 78816the billing code this page is about

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

Hospitals typically charge $4,570 cash for this outpatient procedure — the median across 2,021 hospitals that filed a usable cash price; the average of the middle 60% is $4,726. Most fall between $2,446 and $7,940 (20th–80th percentile).

Hospitals
2,021
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 2,021 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$2,862$4,570$6,735$10,332

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 6.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,697 vs $10,332).

How the prices are spread

$1,278 – $1,621: 82 hospitals$1,278$1,621 – $2,055: 132 hospitals$2,055 – $2,606: 138 hospitals$2,055$2,606 – $3,304: 177 hospitals$3,304 – $4,189: 251 hospitals$3,304$4,189 – $5,312: 327 hospitals$5,312 – $6,735: 308 hospitals$5,312$6,735 – $8,540: 172 hospitals$8,540 – $10,828: 165 hospitals$8,540$10,828 – $13,729: 68 hospitals$10,828median $4,570price bands are equal on a log scale
Hospitals per price band (1,820 of 2,021 — the bands cover the 5th to 95th percentile)
FromToHospitals
$1,278$1,62182
$1,621$2,055132
$2,055$2,606138
$2,606$3,304177
$3,304$4,189251
$4,189$5,312327
$5,312$6,735308
$6,735$8,540172
$8,540$10,828165
$10,828$13,72968

Against Medicare

Medicare pays (OPPS 2026, national rate)$1,461
Median cash price$4,570
Cash as a multiple of Medicare3.1×

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 $4,570.

Alaska: 1 hospital filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureAKMaine: 7 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 $3,946 across 45 hospitalsWA$3,946Idaho: median $6,944 across 12 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 $2,555 across 61 hospitalsMN$2,555Illinois: median $5,398 across 86 hospitalsIL$5,398Wisconsin: median $4,060 across 92 hospitalsWI$4,060Michigan: median $4,413 across 66 hospitalsMI$4,413New York: median $4,012 across 75 hospitalsNY$4,012Massachusetts: median $6,294 across 24 hospitalsMA$6,294Oregon: median $5,018 across 28 hospitalsOR$5,018Nevada: 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: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureSDIowa: median $4,331 across 57 hospitalsIA$4,331Indiana: median $3,758 across 66 hospitalsIN$3,758Ohio: median $5,050 across 119 hospitalsOH$5,050Pennsylvania: median $5,639 across 85 hospitalsPA$5,639New Jersey: median $1,882 across 39 hospitalsNJ$1,882Connecticut: median $5,872 across 19 hospitalsCT$5,872Rhode Island: 2 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureRICalifornia: median $6,516 across 129 hospitalsCA$6,516Utah: median $8,396 across 27 hospitalsUT$8,396Colorado: median $5,353 across 44 hospitalsCO$5,353Nebraska: median $6,006 across 48 hospitalsNE$6,006Missouri: median $4,396 across 49 hospitalsMO$4,396Kentucky: median $5,165 across 40 hospitalsKY$5,165West Virginia: median $3,703 across 26 hospitalsWV$3,703Virginia: median $4,409 across 50 hospitalsVA$4,409Maryland: median $8,878 across 20 hospitalsMD$8,878Delaware: 6 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureDEArizona: median $5,749 across 21 hospitalsAZ$5,749New Mexico: median $3,791 across 12 hospitalsNM$3,791Kansas: median $3,360 across 31 hospitalsKS$3,360Arkansas: median $2,025 across 20 hospitalsAR$2,025Tennessee: median $1,938 across 50 hospitalsTN$1,938North Carolina: median $4,125 across 63 hospitalsNC$4,125South Carolina: median $3,845 across 41 hospitalsSC$3,845Oklahoma: median $2,974 across 28 hospitalsOK$2,974Louisiana: median $3,626 across 25 hospitalsLA$3,626Mississippi: median $2,875 across 26 hospitalsMS$2,875Alabama: median $3,334 across 26 hospitalsAL$3,334Georgia: median $3,351 across 75 hospitalsGA$3,351Hawaii: 5 hospitals filed a usable price — fewer than 10, so no figureHITexas: median $5,954 across 127 hospitalsTX$5,954Florida: median $6,483 across 103 hospitalsFL$6,483
Cash price by state, most expensive first. National median $4,570. A state needs at least 10 hospitals with a usable price to show a figure.
StateHospitalsMedianvs national20th–80th
Maryland MD20$8,878+94%$5,176 – $11,421
Utah UT27$8,396+84%$7,633 – $9,878
New Hampshire NH11$7,927+73%$3,803 – $16,286
Idaho ID12$6,944+52%$4,000 – $16,439
California CA129$6,516+43%$3,031 – $10,113
Florida FL103$6,483+42%$3,581 – $12,611
Massachusetts MA24$6,294+38%$4,568 – $8,996
Nebraska NE48$6,006+31%$3,817 – $8,528
Texas TX127$5,954+30%$3,493 – $7,901
Connecticut CT19$5,872+28%$3,669 – $8,882
Arizona AZ21$5,749+26%$2,195 – $6,638
Pennsylvania PA85$5,639+23%$2,063 – $12,895
Illinois IL86$5,398+18%$2,541 – $9,772
Colorado CO44$5,353+17%$4,066 – $11,973
Kentucky KY40$5,165+13%$2,607 – $7,213
Ohio OH119$5,050+10%$3,706 – $6,542
Oregon OR28$5,018+10%$3,588 – $5,504
Michigan MI66$4,413−3%$2,013 – $6,569
Virginia VA50$4,409−4%$2,671 – $9,579
Missouri MO49$4,396−4%$2,798 – $6,376
Iowa IA57$4,331−5%$3,151 – $6,469
North Carolina NC63$4,125−10%$2,887 – $5,009
Wisconsin WI92$4,060−11%$949 – $6,149
New York NY75$4,012−12%$1,726 – $7,226
Washington WA45$3,946−14%$3,009 – $5,779
South Carolina SC41$3,845−16%$2,898 – $6,027
New Mexico NM12$3,791−17%$1,870 – $5,340
Indiana IN66$3,758−18%$2,506 – $5,860
West Virginia WV26$3,703−19%$2,494 – $5,521
Louisiana LA25$3,626−21%$1,100 – $5,122
Kansas KS31$3,360−26%$1,899 – $5,528
Georgia GA75$3,351−27%$2,207 – $9,918
Alabama AL26$3,334−27%$2,813 – $6,051
Oklahoma OK28$2,974−35%$1,900 – $4,974
Mississippi MS26$2,875−37%$2,172 – $4,587
Minnesota MN61$2,555−44%$931 – $4,288
Arkansas AR20$2,025−56%$1,348 – $2,543
Tennessee TN50$1,938−58%$1,614 – $3,165
New Jersey NJ39$1,882−59%$1,614 – $5,558
Nevada NV8not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Maine ME7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
North Dakota ND7not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Delaware DE6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Montana MT6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
South Dakota SD6not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Hawaii HI5not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Vermont VT4not enough hospitals filed a usable price
Wyoming WY3not 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 $4,570.

Cash price by hospital segment. A segment needs at least 20 hospitals to show a figure.
SegmentHospitalsMedian20th–80th
Hospital type
Acute care1,682$4,570$2,386 – $8,010
Children’s45$6,514$3,626 – $9,628
Critical access285$4,323$2,503 – $6,937
Ownership
For-profit229$5,353$2,352 – $13,935
Government284$4,064$2,203 – $6,303
Non-profit1,499$4,622$2,526 – $7,898
System affiliation
Part of a system1,733$4,593$2,501 – $8,033
Independent288$4,332$2,132 – $6,944

Cash price vs list price

Median list price (chargemaster)$8,190
Median cash price$4,570
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

1,461 hospitals filed a usable inpatient cash price for this code. The median is $4,788 and the average of the middle 60% is $4,926; most fall between $2,813 and $7,958.

Cash price percentiles, inpatient, across 1,461 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
$1,946$3,114$4,788$6,880$10,018

The most expensive tenth of hospitals charges at least 5.1× what the cheapest tenth charges ($1,946 vs $10,018).

Of the 1,611 hospitals that filed this code inpatient, 1,461 gave a usable cash price; 96 carried a plausibility flag, 0 filed a number their own filing marks as not a price, 0 gave an estimate, and 54 a list price only.

How complete is this

2,021 of the 3,956 hospitals with a price file in our corpus (51%) filed a usable outpatient cash price for this code, and those are the hospitals every figure on this page is computed from.

What the 2,238 hospitals that filed this code at all gave us
Usable cash price — counted2,021
Cash price carrying a plausibility flag — shown on the compare tool, excluded here145
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 — excluded68
Hospitals that filed this code2,238

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 for CT Attenuation Whole Body.

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, “Whole-body PET and CT scan (CPT 78816) — cash price report,” computed September 25, 2026. https://hospitalrates.com/procedures/cpt-78816-whole-body-pet-and-ct-scan