Head CT without and with contrast cost in Florence, AL — inpatient
In Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL, 1 hospital lists a cash price for CT scan of the head without and with contrast as an inpatient: from $1,104.00 to $1,104.00, with a median of $1,104.00. Across Alabama, the median is $2,023.73 at 35 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 — and —.
Where each hospital's price falls
Each dot is one hospital's cash price on a scale from the lowest to the highest in Florence-Muscle Shoals, AL.
Hospitals, cheapest first
| Hospital | Cash price | List price | Insurers pay | Off list | File date |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Helen Keller Hospital lowest Sheffield, AL · (256) 386-4556 LAB-HEPATITIS PROFILE | $1,104.00 | $1,104.00 | $35.72–$861.12 | — | — source file |
| Helen Keller Hospital Sheffield, AL · (256) 386-4556 CT-HEAD W & WO CONTRAST (XENON | $2,723.00 | $2,723.00 | $24.61–$2,123.94 | — | — source file |
| Helen Keller Hospital Sheffield, AL · (256) 386-4556 CT-HEAD W/WO CONTRAST | $4,284.00 | $4,284.00 | $151.17–$3,341.52 | — | — source file |
Inpatient: lowest $1,104.00, median $1,104.00, highest $1,104.00.
As an outpatient, the same code is billed by 1 facility here, median $1,104.00 — that is the price to compare if you are not being admitted.
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
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 ($1,671.60). 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.
| Helen Keller Hospital Sheffield, ALLAB-SPECIAL STAIN GRPII,INT/RP | $86.00 | file |