Head CT scan cost in Philadelphia, PA
In Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD, 24 hospitals list a cash price for CT scan of the head or brain, no contrast dye: from $381.00 to $3,752.74, with a median of $606.00. The lowest listed price is at Virtua West Jersey Hospital - Voorhees and 4 other hospitals — $225.00 less than the median here. Across Pennsylvania, the median is $1,082.64 at 103 hospitals.
- The median here, $606.00, is 50% below the US median of $1,201.00.
- That is 5.7× Medicare's 2026 national rate for the same service ($106.81).
- Philadelphia, PA has the lowest median of 2 metro areas in Pennsylvania with at least 10 hospitals pricing this code.
- 8 of 24 hospitals list a cash price equal to their full list price, with no self-pay discount.
Cash prices at 24 facilities across 20 cities for code 70450, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Oct 26, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Dec 31, 2025 and Sep 21, 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 Philadelphia-Camden-Wilmington, PA-NJ-DE-MD.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Virtua West Jersey Hospital - Voorhees lowest Voorhees, NJ · (856) 247-3000 HC CT Head or Brain w/o Contrast+1 more line at this price File of Jun 1, 2026 · source file | $381.00 | $3,810.00 | $111.57–$2,520.23 | 90% |
| Virtua West Jersey Hospital - Marlton lowest Voorhees, NJ · (856) 247-3000 HC CT Head or Brain w/o Contrast File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $381.00 | $3,810.00 | $111.57–$2,520.23 | 90% |
| Virtua Willingboro Hospital lowest Willinboro, NJ · (609) 835-2900 HC CT Head or Brain w/o Contrast File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $381.00 | $3,810.00 | $111.57–$2,520.23 | 90% |
| Virtua Our Lady of Lourdes lowest Camden, NJ · (856) 886-5373 HC CT Head or Brain w/o Contrast File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $381.00 | $3,810.00 | $111.57–$2,520.23 | 90% |
| Virtua Memorial Hospital lowest Mount Holly, NJ · (609) 267-0700 HC CT Head or Brain w/o Contrast File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $381.00 | $3,810.00 | $111.57–$2,520.23 | 90% |
| Inspira Health Center Woodbury Woodbury, NJ BRAIN W/O CONT File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $536.26 | $536.26 | $92.32–$412.50 | — |
| Inspira Medical Center Elmer Elmer, NJ · (856) 363-1000 BRAIN W/O CONT File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $536.26 | $536.26 | $97.59–$412.50 | — |
| Inspira Medical Center Mannington Salem, NJ BRAIN W/O CONT File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $536.26 | $536.26 | $90.36–$412.50 | — |
| Inspira Medical Center Mullica Hill Mullica Hill, NJ · (856) 363-1000 BRAIN W/O CONT File of Mar 24, 2026 · source file | $536.26 | $536.26 | $97.59–$412.50 | — |
| Holy Redeemer Hospital and Medical Center Meadowbrook, PA · (215) 947-3000 Head/Brain Plain - CT File of Sep 21, 2026 · source file | $550.08 | $916.80 | $99.20–$797.62 | 40% |
| Lankenau Medical Center Wynnewood, PA · (610) 645-2000 Hc Ct Head/Brain W/O Contrast File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $606.00 | $1,515.00 | — | 60% |
| Paoli Hospital Paoli, PA · (610) 648-1000 Hc Ct Head/Brain W/O Contrast File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $606.00 | $1,515.00 | — | 60% |
| The Bryn Mawr Hospital Bryn Mawr, PA · (610) 526-3000 Hc Ct Head/Brain W/O Contrast File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $606.00 | $1,515.00 | — | 60% |
| Riddle Memorial Hospital Media, PA · (610) 566-9400 Hc Ct Head/Brain W/O Contrast File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $606.00 | $1,515.00 | — | 60% |
| St. Francis Hospital Wilmington, DE · (302) 421-4100 HC CT Head/Brain W/O Contrast+1 more line at this price File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $882.05 | — | $109.05–$1,302.72 | — |
| Union Hospital of Cecil County Elkton, MD · (410) 392-7009 CT,HEAD/BRAIN,WO CONTRAST GLR File of Apr 1, 2026 · source file | $914.15 | $914.15 | — | — |
| Mercy Fitzgerald Hospital Darby, PA · (215) 237-4000 HC CT Head/Brain W/O Contrast+1 more line at this price File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $1,129.70 | — | $85.92–$1,738.00 | — |
| Nemours Children's Hospital, Delaware Wilmington, DE · (302) 651-4000 CT Head/Brain W/O Cont+1 more line at this price File of Mar 10, 2026 · source file | $1,187.00 | $1,187.00 | — | — |
| Shriners Childrens - Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · (215) 430-4000 CT HEAD/BRAIN W/O DYE File of Mar 19, 2026 · source file | $1,214.30 | $1,214.30 | $90.39–$301.22 | — |
| Nazareth Hospital Philadelphia, PA · (215) 335-6000 HC CT Head/Brain W/O Contrast+1 more line at this price File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $1,459.25 | — | $90.16–$2,200.10 | — |
| St Mary Medical Center Langhorne, PA · (215) 750-2003 HC CT Head/Brain W/O Contrast+1 more line at this price File of Mar 31, 2026 · source file | $1,682.85 | — | $89.13–$2,459.55 | — |
| St Luke's Hospital - Grand View Campus Sellersville, PA · (215) 453-4000 HB CT HEAD/BRAIN W/O DYE File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file | $2,664.00 | $2,960.00 | $105.80–$13,426.25 | 10% |
| St Luke's Hospital - Upper Bucks Campus Quakertown, PA · (267) 985-1000 HB CT HEAD/BRAIN W/O DYE File of Feb 26, 2026 · source file | $2,664.00 | $2,960.00 | $108.87–$2,451.47 | 10% |
| The Children's Hospital of Philadelphia Philadelphia, PA · (215) 590-1000 CT Head/Brain WO Contrast File of Dec 31, 2025 · source file | $3,752.74 | $3,752.74 | $104.63–$3,377.47 | — |
Outpatient: lowest $381.00, median $606.00, highest $3,752.74 — a 9.8× difference within the same market.
As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 17 facilities here, median $606.00. Inpatient and outpatient prices are not comparable and are kept on separate pages: the inpatient charge covers admission, not the same purchase.
Cash or insurance?
At 8 of 18 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 head CT scan is, what the price covers and why prices differ: Head CT scan explained.
2 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70450 ($1,198.80). 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.
| Hospital | Cash price | File |
|---|---|---|
| Lower Bucks Hospital Bristol, PAHc Ct Scan,Head/Brain,W/O Contrast Matl | $102.00 | file |
| Roxborough Memorial Hospital Philadelphia, PAHc Ct Scan,Head/Brain,W/O Contrast Matl | $106.00 | file |