Scans and imaging CPT 70450 Outpatient

Head CT scan cost in Tallahassee, FL

In Tallahassee, FL, 2 hospitals list a cash price for CT scan of the head or brain, no contrast dye: from $2,193.10 to $8,977.50, with a median of $5,585.30. The lowest listed price is at Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare — $3,392.20 less than the median here. Across Florida, the median is $3,340.40 at 149 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities for code 70450, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Sep 1, 2026 and Sep 1, 2026.

Lowest$2,193.10Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare
Median$5,585.30half pay less
Highest$8,977.50in this market
Difference4.1×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 Tallahassee, FL.

median
Lowest $2,193.10Highest $8,977.50

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Tallahassee Memorial Healthcare lowest Tallahassee, FL · (850) 431-1155 HC CT SCAN,HEAD/BRAIN,W/O CONTRAST MATL - CT HEAD WO CONTRAST $2,193.10 $3,133.00 — 30% Sep 1, 2026
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HCA Florida Capital Hospital Tallahassee, FL · (850) 656-5000 CT HEAD/BRAIN W/O CONT $8,977.50 $8,977.50 $1,382.54–$8,977.50 — Sep 1, 2026
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Outpatient: lowest $2,193.10, median $5,585.30, highest $8,977.50 — a 4.1× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $2,193.10. 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 the one hospital here that publishes insurer rates for this code, the cash price is not below the highest rate a health plan has negotiated. 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.