Scans and imaging CPT 70470 Outpatient

Head CT without and with contrast cost in Ardmore, OK

In Ardmore, OK, 2 hospitals list a cash price for CT scan of the head without and with contrast: from $2,133.30 to $2,145.65, with a median of $2,139.48. The lowest listed price is at Mercy Hospital Healdton — $6.18 less than the median here. Across Oklahoma, the median is $1,280.98 at 24 hospitals.

Cash prices at 2 facilities across 2 cities for code 70470, as an outpatient — the setting a self-pay patient normally buys. Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between — and —.

Lowest$2,133.30Mercy Hospital Healdton
Median$2,139.48half pay less
Highest$2,145.65in this market
Difference1.0×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 Ardmore, OK.

median
Lowest $2,133.30Highest $2,145.65

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Mercy Hospital Healdton lowest Healdton, OK · (580) 229-0701 CT Head/Brain W/WO Cont $2,133.30 $3,282.00 $98.54–$492.80 35% —
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Mercy Hospital Ardmore Northwest Ardmore, OK · (580) 223-5400 CT Head/Brain W/WO Cont $2,145.65 $3,301.00 $177.24–$398.80 35% —
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Outpatient: lowest $2,133.30, median $2,139.48, highest $2,145.65.

Cash or insurance?

At 0 of 2 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

This head CT takes images first without contrast dye and then with it, to compare the two.

What the price covers

The price usually covers the scan and the contrast dye. The radiologist's reading may be billed separately.