Head CT scan cost in Monroe, LA
In Monroe, LA, 3 hospitals list a cash price for CT scan of the head or brain, no contrast dye: from $708.00 to $1,717.54, with a median of $1,200.00. The lowest listed price is at Reeves Memorial Medical Center — $492.00 less than the median here. Across Louisiana, the median is $684.75 at 34 hospitals.
Cash prices at 3 facilities across 3 cities for code 70450, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 29, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Mar 31, 2026 and Aug 26, 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 Monroe, LA.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Reeves Memorial Medical Center lowest Bernice, LA · (318) 285-9066 CT HEAD/ BRAIN WO CNTRST | $708.00 | $1,416.00 | $219.00–$991.20 | 50% | Aug 26, 2026 source file |
| Morehouse General Hospital Bastrop, LA · (318) 283-3600 CT HEAD WO | $1,200.00 | $1,500.00 | $87.65–$1,200.00 | 20% | Mar 31, 2026 source file |
| Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 CT HEAD W/O CONTRAST | $1,717.54 | $2,290.05 | $94.66–$2,061.05 | 25% | — source file |
| Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 CT HEAD W/O MRgFUS PROTOCOL W/O CONTRAST | $1,717.54 | $2,290.05 | $94.66–$2,061.05 | 25% | — source file |
| Monroe Surgical Hospital Monroe, LA · (318) 410-0002 CT HEAD W/O STRYKER CMF IMP W/O CONTRAST | $1,717.54 | $2,290.05 | $94.66–$2,061.05 | 25% | — source file |
Outpatient: lowest $708.00, median $1,200.00, highest $1,717.54 — a 2.4× difference within the same market.
Cash or insurance?
At 2 of 3 hospitals that publish insurer rates for this code here, the cash price is below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated, and at none is it below every plan's rate. If you have insurance but have not met your deductible, you usually pay your plan's negotiated rate, which falls somewhere in the "Insurers pay" column. Paying cash can cost less, but a cash payment usually does not count toward your deductible. Ask the hospital for both numbers before you book.
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 ($1,219.20). 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.
| Glenwood Regional Medical Center - HSA West Monroe, LACT - HEAD/BRAIN WO CONTRAST | $95.10 | file |