SelfPayRates — hospital cash prices, from the source

CT scan of the head or brain, no contrast dye in Waterloo-Cedar Falls, IA

Cash prices at 3 facilities across 2 cities 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 Mar 31, 2026.

HospitalCash price List priceOffFile date
Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation WATERLOO, IA
PR CT SCAN,HEAD/BRAIN,W/O CONTRAST MATL
$269.60 $337.00 20% Jan 28, 2026
file
Allen Memorial Hospital Corporation WATERLOO, IA
HC CT HEAD OR BRAIN WO CONTRAST
$1,301.71 $1,627.13 20% Jan 28, 2026
file
Sartori Memorial Hospital Inc CEDAR FALLS, IA
HC CT Head/Brain W/O Contrast
$1,609.40 $2,476.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
file
Covenant Medical Center Inc WATERLOO, IA
HC CT Head/Brain W/O Contrast
$1,609.40 $2,476.00 35% Mar 31, 2026
file
Sartori Memorial Hospital Inc CEDAR FALLS, IA
HC CT Head/Brain W/O Contrast
$2,476.00 Mar 31, 2026
file
Covenant Medical Center Inc WATERLOO, IA
HC CT Head/Brain W/O Contrast
$2,476.00 Mar 31, 2026
file

Outpatient: lowest $269.60, median $1,609.40, highest $2,476.00 — a 9.2× difference within the same market.

As an inpatient, the same code is billed by 3 facilities here, median $1,455.56. 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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