SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

CT scan of the head or brain, no contrast dye in Denver-Aurora-Centennial, CO

Cash prices at 6 facilities across 4 cities for code 70450, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 30, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
NATIONAL JEWISH HEALTH DENVER, CO
HC CT HEAD/BRAIN W/O CONTRAST
$809.20 $1,156.00 30%
file
AdventHealth Littleton LITTLETON, CO
HC CT SCAN,HEAD/BRAIN,W/O CONTRAST MATL
$881.60 $881.60 Apr 1, 2026
file
AdventHealth Porter DENVER, CO
HC CT SCAN,HEAD/BRAIN,W/O CONTRAST MATL
$881.60 $881.60 Apr 1, 2026
file
AdventHealth Castle Rock CASTLE ROCK, CO
HC CT SCAN,HEAD/BRAIN,W/O CONTRAST MATL
$881.60 $881.60 Apr 1, 2026
file
AdventHealth Parker PARKER, CO
HC CT SCAN,HEAD/BRAIN,W/O CONTRAST MATL
$881.60 $881.60 Apr 1, 2026
file
Denver Health and Hospital Authority DENVER, CO
HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN W/O CON
$1,077.01 $3,077.15 65% Apr 30, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $809.20, median $881.60, highest $1,077.01 — a 1.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 6 facilities here, median $881.60. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.

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