SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

CT scan of the head or brain, no contrast dye in Muscatine, IA

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

Hospital		Cash price	List price	Off	File date
Unity Healthcare MUSCATINE, IA PR CT SCAN,HEAD/BRAIN,W/O CONTRAST MATL		$269.60	$337.00	20%	Jan 28, 2026 file
Unity Healthcare MUSCATINE, IA HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO CONTRAST		$1,705.06	$2,131.32	20%	Jan 28, 2026 file

Outpatient: lowest $269.60, median $987.33, highest $1,705.06 — a 6.3× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $987.33. 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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