CT scan of the head or brain, no contrast dye in Grand Rapids, MN
In Grand Rapids, MN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for CT scan of the head or brain, no contrast dye: from $488.75 to $1,258.52, with a median of $873.64. The lowest listed price is at Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital.
Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 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 Jan 1, 2026 and Jan 28, 2026.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Grand Rapids, MN.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital lowest Grand Rapids, MN HC CT HEAD WO CONTRAST | $488.75 | $1,149.98 | 57% | Jan 28, 2026 source file |
| Essentia Health Deer River NE Deer River, MN CT HEAD/BRAIN W/O DYE | $1,258.52 | $1,703.00 | 26% | Jan 1, 2026 source file |
Outpatient: lowest $488.75, median $873.64, highest $1,258.52 — a 2.6× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $883.84. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
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.
1 row held back from this comparison
It is 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.
| Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital Grand Rapids, MNAS CT HEAD WO CONTRAST | $38.25 | file |