Scans and imaging CPT 70450 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

CT scan of the head or brain, no contrast dye in Grand Rapids, MN — inpatient

In Grand Rapids, MN, 2 hospitals list a cash price for CT scan of the head or brain, no contrast dye as an inpatient: from $509.15 to $1,258.52, with a median of $883.84. The lowest listed price is at Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital.

Cash prices at 2 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 Jan 1, 2026 and Jan 28, 2026.

Lowest$509.15Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital
Median$883.84half pay less
Highest$1,258.52in this market
Difference2.5×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 Grand Rapids, MN.

median
Lowest $509.15Highest $1,258.52

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceOff listFile date
Grand Itasca Clinic and Hospital lowest Grand Rapids, MN HC CT HEAD WO CONTRAST $509.15 $1,198.00 58% Jan 28, 2026
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Essentia Health Deer River NE Deer River, MN CT HEAD/BRAIN W/O DYE $1,258.52 $1,703.00 26% Jan 1, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $509.15, median $883.84, highest $1,258.52 — a 2.5× difference within the same market.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $873.64 — 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.

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