Scans and imaging CPT 70470 Inpatient — admitted to hospital

Head CT without and with contrast cost in Beckley, WV — inpatient

In Beckley, WV, 1 hospital lists a cash price for CT scan of the head without and with contrast as an inpatient: from $722.67 to $722.67, with a median of $722.67. Across West Virginia, the median is $1,190.07 at 24 hospitals.

Cash prices at 1 facility for code 70470, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 27, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Feb 17, 2026 and Feb 17, 2026.

Lowest$722.67Montgomery General Hospital
Median$722.67half pay less
Highest$722.67in this market
Difference1.0×highest vs lowest

Hospitals, cheapest first

HospitalCash price List priceInsurers payOff listFile date
Montgomery General Hospital Montgomery, WV · (304) 442-5151 CT HEAD (C&S) $722.67 $963.57 — 25% Feb 17, 2026
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Inpatient: lowest $722.67, median $722.67, highest $722.67.

As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 2 facilities here, median $931.14 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.

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.

1 row held back from this comparison

It is priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70470 ($1,755.50). 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.

Beckley Arh Hospital Beckley, WVCT HEAD W/WO CONTRAST $159.60 file