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Scans and imaging CPT 70450 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

CT scan of the head or brain, no contrast dye in El Paso, TX — inpatient

In El Paso, TX, 3 hospitals list a cash price for CT scan of the head or brain, no contrast dye as an inpatient: from $146.20 to $629.74, with a median of $459.92. The lowest listed price is at El Paso Children's Hospital.

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities for code 70450, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$146.20El Paso Children's Hospital
Median$459.92half pay less
Highest$629.74in this market
Difference4.3×highest vs lowest

Where each hospital's price falls

Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in El Paso, TX.

median
Lowest $146.20Highest $629.74

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
El Paso Children's Hospital lowest El Paso, TX HEAD/BRAIN W/O CONT $146.20 $731.00 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX MSU CT HEAD/BRAIN W/O CONTRAST $459.92 $2,299.60 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX MSU CT HEAD/BRAIN W/O CONTRAST $459.92 $2,299.60 80% —
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University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TX CT HEAD WITHOUTCONTRAST $629.74 $3,148.71 80% —
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University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TX CT HEAD WITHOUTCONTRAST $629.74 $3,148.71 80% —
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Inpatient: lowest $146.20, median $459.92, highest $629.74 — a 4.3× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $459.92 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

What it is

A CT scan of the head uses X-rays and a computer to make detailed cross-section pictures of the brain and skull. It is often used after a head injury, for sudden severe headache, or to look for bleeding or stroke. No contrast dye is used.

What the price covers

The hospital price usually covers the scan (the technical part). The radiologist's reading of the images is often billed separately as the professional component.

13 rows held back from this comparison

They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70450 ($1,061.20). Such a line is almost always a physician's fee billed separately, an assistant's share or a placeholder — a real charge, but not the price of the procedure itself.

University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH HEAD/BRAIN W/O CONT $75.39 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXWS HEAD/BRAIN W/O CONT $85.92 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXWS HEAD/BRAIN W/O CONT $85.92 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXNE HEAD/BRAIN W/O CONT $85.97 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXNE HEAD/BRAIN W/O CONT $85.97 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXSH CT HEAD W/O CONTRAST EXD $96.53 file
El Paso Children's Hospital El Paso, TX3-D HEAD W/O CONT $97.40 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXREN HEAD/BRAIN W/O CONT $100.78 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXES HEAD/BRAIN W/O CONT $100.78 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXES HEAD/BRAIN W/O CONT $100.78 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXREN HEAD/BRAIN W/O CONT $100.78 file
University Medical Center Surgical Hospital Dieter El Paso, TXCT HEAD W/O CONTRAST $103.75 file
University Medical Center El Paso El Paso, TXCT HEAD W/O CONTRAST $103.75 file