Head CT without and with contrast cost in Buffalo, NY — inpatient
In Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY, 4 hospitals list a cash price for CT scan of the head without and with contrast as an inpatient: from $583.90 to $2,873.06, with a median of $583.90. The lowest listed price is at Mount St. Mary's Hospital and 2 other hospitals. Across New York, the median is $774.02 at 62 hospitals.
Cash prices at 4 facilities across 2 cities for code 70470, as an inpatient (admitted to hospital) . Collected Sep 23, 2026; the hospital files themselves were last updated between Apr 1, 2026 and Apr 1, 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 Buffalo-Cheektowaga, NY.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital lowest Lewiston, NY · (716) 297-4800 CT Head/Brain W/O & W/Contrast Material | $583.90 | $583.90 | $39.91–$899.00 | — | — source file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital lowest Buffalo, NY · (716) 862-1000 CT Head/Brain W/O & W/Contrast Material | $583.90 | $583.90 | $39.91–$899.00 | — | — source file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo lowest Buffalo, NY · (716) 826-7000 CT Head/Brain W/O & W/Contrast Material | $583.90 | $583.90 | $39.91–$899.00 | — | — source file |
| Roswell Park Cancer Institute Buffalo, NY Ct Head W/& W/O Contrast | $2,873.06 | $2,873.06 | — | — | Apr 1, 2026 source file |
Inpatient: lowest $583.90, median $583.90, highest $2,873.06 — a 4.9× difference within the same market.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 5 facilities here, median $583.90 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
Cash or insurance?
At 3 of 3 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.
3 rows held back from this comparison
They are priced below $1 or below a tenth of the national median for code 70470 ($1,551.50). 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.
| Mount St. Mary's Hospital Lewiston, NYHC CT Scan Head Combo - CT Head W WO Contrast | $130.20 | file |
| Sisters of Charity Hospital Buffalo, NYHC CT Scan Head Combo - CT Head W WO Contrast | $130.20 | file |
| Mercy Hospital of Buffalo Buffalo, NYHC CT Scan Head Combo - CT Head W WO Contrast | $130.20 | file |